Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...

It’s no coincidence that Ron Carter’s 89th birthday is the same day he began his five-day engagement at the historic Blue Note jazz club.

The history of jazz music is told in hundreds of cities from coast to coast in America. From the cradle in New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, the great migration of Black Americans northward ...

Camille Thurman was aware of her New York City neighborhood's rich jazz history at an early age. "Ella Fitzgerald lived there," Thurman said while calling from her Hudson County, New York, home. "The ...

The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival picks back up on Thursday, May 1, for another four-day run at the Fair Grounds. With hundreds of performances, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit ...