Bill Frisell, one of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, was puzzled. At the conclusion of the first of his two Oct. 1 shows at the rebranded, reengineered and reborn New Orleans Jazz & Blues ...

Jazz is a major form of musical expression that originated in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Women have always had a lot of the big names in jazz: Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald. These artists broke barriers in the male-dominated genre; the trails they blazed are carried forth ...

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Monday, June 17, the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation (AJHF) will induct eight jazz artists and executives from across the Natural State into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame.

The Nu-Art Series has announced a new series of weekend matinees presenting St. Louis musicians performing their own work and the music of a famous jazz composer. “The Jazz Composers Series: ...