From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz ...

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

The word jazz is far too narrow for the musicianship of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator T.K. Blue.

The bassist’s reissued ‘Mingus at Monterey’ and the drummer’s previously unreleased ‘Strasbourg 82’ highlight both musicians ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

A rare meeting between two jazz greats, 'Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio,' will join the Verve Vault series early next ...

Kent Stevenson's Gospel Magnificat, a modern version of a choral work performed for hundreds of years, is a showcase for a ...

The 727 wins ‘cool points’ for its tri-jet configuration, three engines handsomely placed below a T-tail. The T-tail, with ...

Connecticut-based composer Paul Winter, a lover of nature and a pioneer of world music, brings his Paul Winter Consort to ...

Many classic Christmas songs have remarkable Cincinnati connections, from Andy Williams to the composer behind the Grinch.

Small rooms, big flavor: these Louisiana steakhouses prove every bite counts when the room is small but the steaks are mighty ...

Celebrate the December birthday of the late, great jazz organist Jimmy Smith by listening to his recordings with the Avenue ...