The year’s best Canadian jazz albums are, as usual ... tenor saxophonist Chet Doxas and guitarist Steve Raegele daringly leap out of the mix. Saxophonist Tara Davidson and trombonist William ...

I’ve watched and listened to Xhosa Cole’s development over the last decade or so with increasing admiration. As a ...

New releases to look forward to in the coming months, from the Weeknd, FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey, LCD Soundsystem, Lorde, and ...

From fresh Broadway musicals and legendary headliners to insightful speakers and jazz masters, The Smith Center's 2025 ...

Jazz Times reviewer John Murph reviewed the ... Borton's sound comes directly out of the straight ahead bebop style, beginning with the album's title tune, a Borton original--a gorgeous easy swinger.

The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and Kiesel signature artist reveals what she learned from which players – and the techniques she’s still working on ...

Cult movie The Blues Brothers exposed a generation to the brilliance of blues and soul legends like John Lee Hooker and ...

Tormé’s youngest son, James – a jazz singer – said his father and Wells took it first to a publishing house who turned down the song. “They then drove over to Nat King Cole, who was ...

The film boasts one of the more refreshingly hip Christmas soundtracks, produced by Steve Van Zandt ... version of “Jingle Bells” by Natalie Cole. A modern-day twist on Charles Dickens ...

In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the ...

That said, handpicking from the albums that caught my ear in 2024, I appreciated the times when jazz musicians stretched the boundaries ... You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your ...

whose debut jazz album New Blue Sun appeared on our list of last year’s great jazz albums and who contributes to some of this year’s best jazz albums, or that another of this year’s standout ...