Artwork connected to jazz from both sides of the Atlantic-painting, photography, books-can be seen across America this month. ByChadd Scott, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert ...

This year's Art Music Awards feature 15 categories spanning composition, performance, music education, sound art and ...

Aviva Endean and Mindy Meng Wang lead the finalists for the 2026 Art Music Awards with three nominations each ahead of the August ceremony in Melbourne.

The free Michigan Jazz Festival brings 46 groups, eight stages and a growing focus on youth talent to Livonia on July 19.

Music is an auditory experience and, yet, every genre has its own set of visual iconography that evokes the spirit and feelings of that style. With a long and rich history, jazz has its own such ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.

The debut album from the L.A. jazz supergroup SML is a thrilling elegy for a dead nightclub. Over two packed nights last year, the quintet recorded raw, long-form improvisations at the Highland Park ...

A melodic expression in improvised music fronted by founding members, Percussionist/Composer Lloyd Haber and Multi Wind Player Omar Kabir, who founded the group in 1991. The group's diverse ethnic and ...

How jazz moved from a position of dominance in popular music to a niche music but also to the status of Black classical music. Once, the world swung to the rhythm of jazz—from the lively dives of New ...

DENVER (KDVR) — This Saturday and next, the streets of the Five Points neighborhood of Denver will be lined with art galleries, echoing the sounds of jazz music and smelling of culinary delights as ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...