Jazz has a glorious history, but it's also a music of boundless curiosity, brash experimentation and an ever-changing set of tools. Such is the complex landscape covered by Jazz Night in America, ...

Take a trip this weekend to New York City as we head down to The Jazz Standard for a set captured back in 2004 with NYC native Fred Hersh and an amazing singer from Portland: Nancy King. The pair had ...

Any “Great Gatsby” party needs a good playlist. Here are 10 great jazz tunes that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s hero might have cued up in the Roaring ’20s: James P. Johnson, “Carolina Shout” (1921) The ...

The 1950s and early '60s were the heyday of the indie jazz label, and it wasn't just Blue Note. For some years, Berkeley, Calif.-based Fantasy Inc. By Billboard Staff The 1950s and early ’60s were the ...

Jazz musicians have long mined Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and even pop music for material. Here are five Latin interpretations of songs written by jazz musicians, a process that isn't as ...

When two-time Grammy-winning violinist Mads Tolling picks up his bow, magic happens. From reinterpreting classics like The Beatles' "Blackbird" to crafting soul-stirring arrangements of "What a ...

Now that longtime Blue Note pianist/singer Eliane Elias has left the label for RCA/Bluebird, several compilations of her work are being released, including the present item, Brazilian Classics. A ...