The saxophonist is among the contributors to "Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico" which is up for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Listen to our experts’ selections from one of jazz’s great labels, with tracks from Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Gato ...

Blowing on Embers is dedicated to a free Palestine, demonstrating that even instrumental music can be politically-charged, ...

Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. He started out on piano as ...

John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young Coltrane spent his early years. His father, John ...

The Brackendale Art Gallery (The BAG) has been Bluesberry Jam’s consistent venue over the years. Using Trickster’s Hideout as ...

Watching Wynton Marsalis perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at their sold‑out Sheldon Concert Hall show felt like opening the first page of Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life. From ...

There’s no doubt that, if he were alive today, 19th-century Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax would be extremely surprised – and pleased, too, no doubt – at how the saxophone, which he invented and ...

Blue Note is unquestionably the most iconic jazz label there’s ever been. Here are 50 highlights from the legendary imprint. Oklahoma-born trumpeter Cherry was 29 when he recorded this groundbreaking ...

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, bringing an end to another exciting football season and leaving a small gap between the end of the ...

With guidance from saxophonist mentor Kandin Neri, student jazz musicians from Mount Si High School demonstrated how early ...