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If you were to learn about Black History through the lens of jazz, there would probably be no better teacher

Congratulations to Scotty Barnhart and the Count Basie Orchestra for its 2024 Grammy Award in the Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for the Candid Records album Basie Swings The Blues!

The Los Angeles Times has called vocalist Kate Baker, “one of the most impressive performers to come along in years,” and the Boston Globe described her as having “an unmistakably original voice that is smooth and hypnotic.”

In September 2023, when tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman released his first album on the Blue Note label, Where We Are, Frank Alkyer of DownBeat described it as “a confessional about America, one full of hopes and dreams, but also reality and confusion, and love, and loss.”

Tyler Bullock began taking classical piano lessons in his hometown of Nashville when he was four years old. Eight years

On January 10, 2024, Max Roach, one of jazz’s most remarkable figures, would have turned 100 years old. The observance

Tenor saxophonist, arranger, and educator Lance Bryant (photo above) moved to New York City in the mid-1980s after studying at

It is impressive how many young jazz singers are taken with the music of the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s. Krissie

Trumpeter James Gibbs III was discovered by the late jazz vocalist Betty Carter when he was playing at a WBGO