The names of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff do not necessarily conjure images and sounds of jazz in one's mind, that is until one has listened to recordings by ...

A lot of jazz people love The Modern Jazz Quartet, but maybe not all the time. Some of them just wait for the parts when vibraphonist Milt Jackson gets to swinging — that was also Jackson's favorite ...

The Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet has been serenading audiences in its native Washington, D.C., across the country and even as far as France for more than two decades. But its members are finding ways to ...

Once regarded as jazz’s hot young iconoclast, David Murray suddenly finds himself a teacher and mentor to other hot young iconoclasts. He’s taken to it like a duck to water. “It’s just so good to have ...

And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about pianist John Lewis. He created one of one of the most famous jazz groups in America, the Modern ...

At last, the double LP that captured the brilliant state of the Modern Jazz Quartet’s art and summarized its first decade has made it to compact disc. It was worth waiting for. The quartet managed to ...

Until the 2020 pandemic shutdown of live events, the Athenaeum Jazz at TSR Auditorium concert series typically presented six ...

When we talk about rock, we talk about bands: Zeppelin, the Who, the Stones. But when we talk about jazz, we tend to talk about individuals: Miles, Monk, Coltrane. On some level, that makes sense: If ...

An internationally acclaimed jazz quartet that blends modern jazz, hip-hop, classical music and electronic sounds, will bring its debut U.S. tour to Allan ...

The Scornful Four has recorded a new album of original compositions and improvisations, with a limited edition run of vinyl albums hitting the shelves of local record stores in July. Following on from ...