The longtime KJZZ music director reflects on building Phoenix's jazz audience, championing local artists and signing off.
Before every show, one of the most iconic performers in rock history listens to the same song. She's been doing this for ...
A new 17-day festival in August is a reminder that jazz roots run deep in Los Angeles. Here’s where to hear some of the best ...
Released in 1971, "Tarkus" challenged nearly every convention of popular music. Running just under 21 minutes, the ambitious ...
Syracuse Jazz Fest Frank Malfitano called J. Leo Rayhill "a jazz broadcast legend who reigns as the best jazz DJ in the history of this market." ...
Over the years, Call of Duty has gotten quicker. Compare the latest Black Ops and Modern Warfare entries to those of more than a decade ago, and you'll find that movement is faster, health is lower, ...
Picture “Push It” by Rick Ross or “C.R.E.A.M.” by Wu-Tang Clan, transformed into a soft jazz rendition by a local trio or quartet — all while you sip a cocktail on a rooftop, enjoying the Miami breeze ...
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Herbie Hancock is having a Chicago moment. That was true in 1952, when he performed a Mozart concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at just 11 years old. It was true a couple of years later, ...
Ask certain New Orleans people who they’re most excited to see at Jazz Fest this year, and they might go on about crawfish Monica and Vaucresson sausage po-boys before getting around to names like ...
As far as commercial holidays go, Record Store Day is a virtuous occasion, because recorded music is among the wonders of the world, and the survival of physical media is crucial to the future of art.
I really want to write a book about fusion. Not just as a specific musical genre, but as an ethos. Because the music of the six-year span from 1969 to 1975, which I often feel was the best era for ...