As far as commercial holidays go, Record Store Day is a virtuous occasion, because recorded music is among the wonders of the world, and the survival of physical media is crucial to the future of art.

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 ...

Jazz can be a confusing genre if you don’t know a ton about it. There are lots of records out there to investigate and the sounds can be challenging. Some music listeners want to know what they’re ...

The group closed out SAFMA's Chamber Music Series with a rollicking set of jazz, salsa, country and zydeco.

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 ...