And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with ...

If your Christmas wish list included the music lineup for the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, you're in luck. Producers of the festival revealed on social media that they'll release the ...

Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

Led by Grammy-winning Terell Stafford, the ensemble took a long-awaited trip to Tokyo last spring, wowing the audience at a ...

Jhené Aiko, Ludacris and Nelly and Ashanti will headline the upcoming Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival. The 2026 iteration returns to the the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and will run from ...

Four Cats in the Doghouse is the house band in Aiken's living room. The jazz quartet has played a weekly gig at The Willcox for 16 years, setting up next to a fireplace in a corner of the dark-paneled ...

Catherine Russell is one of the hardest-working vocalists performing today, and she has two sets on New Year's Eve at the Regattabar in Cambridge. Ahead of the shows, she spoke with Al Davis and Va ...

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band entertains the crowd as Kuumbwa Jazz Center hosts the annual holiday party for their volunteers, ...

While music-loving tourists don't necessarily flock to Frenchmen Street to hear modern jazz, if they're lucky and curious ...

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

Jhené Aiko, Ludacris (a special 25 th anniversary set) and Nelly and Ashanti will headline the 2026 edition of the Jazz in ...