Branford Marsalis, Joshua White and Patricia Brennan are just some of the artists who released head-turning albums this year.

As I’ve said in a few recent editions of these best-of columns, it’s been a dreadful year for most things but a fine one for music, which, as the verse contends, “has charms to soothe a savage breast, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Jazz Orchestra returns to the Southern Theatre stage this week to kick off its 2024-25 season with a show they've guaranteed to be "The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World ...

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) will kick off their 52nd season with The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Oct. 10-13 at the Southern Theatre. Led by Bandleader Byron Stripling, the four concerts ...

It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...

In 1952, the Oscar Peterson Trio took the stage at Carnegie Hall and delivered a rendition of “Tenderly” that became more than just a performance - it became legend. With Ray Brown on bass and Barney ...

LONDON – Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain's greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has ...