TRANSCRIPT: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" is as much a story of jazz as ...

Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...

After the great success of "Elevator Music" you cannot miss the new Christmas Playlist of Ambient Jazz Songs! The elevator ...

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced the top five finalists of the 14th annual Sarah Vaughan ...

Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

Jazz music has soared across the globe, and these cities are the ultimate spots to experience just how diverse this ...

Great jazz saxophonists Benny Golson and John Coltrane played music together as teenagers. Golson, who left his greatest mark as a composer, has died at age 95. You got to start somewhere. For the ...

In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve ...

An essential guide to experiencing the city’s most enduring sound—from historic Harlem clubs to sleek, modern Brooklyn ...

Canadian trumpeter Bria Skonberg has been busy since moving to New York City in 2010. No stranger to Sacramento having performed at ten Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilees, Skonberg has recorded ...

Jack DeJohnette, one of the most daring and dynamic jazz drummers of the last 60 years, with a loose-limbed yet exacting beat ...

Considered by many as one of the great drummers in modern jazz history, Jack DeJohnette has died at the age of 83.