Often described as spiritual, meditative, raw, yearning, divine, longing, beautiful, transcendent and profound, the four-part ...

The WSWS recently spoke to master musician Charles McPherson about the relationship between music, art and society.

Purnell Steen walks us through the city's jazz lineage as Dazzle prepares its programming for Black History Month.

Trombone Shorty has taken center stage in New Orleans since was 4 years old and he'll perform at the Super Bowl in his ...

Analysis - Composer and educator Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) is probably best known for a few evergreen choral works, including Della and Sylvia, still sung by choirs across South Africa today.

Mother Nature couldn’t have delivered a finer January day on Monday for the 2025 Tucson Jazz Fiesta, the annual daylong event that brings thousands downtown to hear local jazz musicians on two ...

"The Whole World Is a Mystery" at the Carnegie Museum of Art marks the first retrospective look at Gertrude Abercrombie in ...

The double Grammy-winning American jazz singer is back touring the UK in April spreading a message of optimism and hope.

In 1911, 13-year-old Juhei Kono arrived in Tacoma from Japan. His memoir is the inspiration for "Voyages," a new album from ...

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...

These three famous rock stars were heavily influenced by jazz, and even diehard fans may not know how deep that influence runs.