And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with ...

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From Miles Davis to Mahavishnu Orchestra, we run through the 15 greatest albums fusing jazz and rock into arresting new ...

Marsalis, born into a leading New Orleans musical family, rejected pop influences and free jazz experimentation. He championed instead a conservative approach rooted in swing and bebop. The recording ...

For most people growing up in either upper, middle or lower class families, the Christmas season always evoked a certain kind of excitement and joy distinctly different from the rest of the year.It ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

Maui’s Chop Suey Jazz Orchestra and the Na Ali‘i Big Band will celebrate the holidays with a free show at The Shops at Wailea ...

Jazz music can have many moods and themes, but as we soon round off our second year in a global pandemic, our hosts found themselves turning to joyful and expressive music. Feel the many moods of the ...

Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...