Pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Marcus Gilmore performing concerts at Stanford, SFJAZZ Center, ...

The first time you hear Mei Semones, you’re likely to contort yourself into some weird shapes in an attempt to describe her music. My first pass, “Pat Metheny and Gilberto Gil start a Midwest emo band ...

During his career, Cray has appeared as an extra in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” won a Grammy Award for his 1986 album ...

At 81, Jim McCarty loves playing the greatest hits of The Yardbirds, but he knows today’s fans also like to hear tales of the ...

Mr. Freeman's guitar solos were throaty and daring and danced around the sax work of greats like Gene Ammons and Charlie ...

From the godfather of thumpin’ and pluckin’ to Victor Wooten’s game-changing slap technique, we bring you the players that you must know if you want to call yourself a true bass aficionado ...

Here are events going on around Green Bay this weekend.

Sharp, a D.C. native, began playing the cello in the DC Youth Orchestra Program at age 8, performing under the late ...

Fela Kuti is renowned as the innovator of Afrobeat, a creative blend of his native West African music, James Brown funk, and big horn jazz rhythms that were meant for more than just jump up dance and ...

Danny Coots and Adam Swanson became friends over a shared love of ragtime and early jazz music, that friendship coming decades after ragtime and early jazz were “new” styles of music. Coots was born ...

Ben Webster’s 1959 outing for Verve Records featured jazz giants Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown, and Roy Eldridge.

A legendary Latin jazz percussionist is returning to the world’s borough this month for a rhythmic performance at Flushing ...