Remember when you were a kid? You’d hear a certain song on the radio, and there was something magical about it that made you want to buy it and play it over and over again. You weren’t sure whether it ...

Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Reissue Series continues in June with 4 iconic Mal Wadron, Yusef Lateef, and Bill Evans albums. The second batch of OJC series reissues begins June 30, and all ...

Much of that was due to the material: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 by Shostakovich; Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ...

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

Bria Skonberg takes classic songs and the hot jazz style of the 1910s, ’20s, ’30s and ’40s and yanks them into the 21st century. The trumpet player and singer, who makes her local debut at the JAS ...

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 ...

Spending nearly a week with these musicians is a pretty surefire way to get totally strung out. Cellos playing Boccherini and bluegrass, violins with the sounds of Schubert and soul, and other ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The local band Chucktown reimagines jazz classics in its newest album, "Vintage," which features ...

OJC continues rollout of jazz essentials with “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album,” The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Jazz at Oberlin” and “The Cats,” featuring Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell ...

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with New Orleans-based singer Judith Owen about her newest album, "Come On & Get It." JUDITH OWEN: (Singing) Put on your bright-red tie. Slick back your hair. Then knock on ...

This story has been updated to note the Hoonah concert by the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band is on Sunday, not Friday. Ed Littlefield’s heritage has inspired the narration of a musical “A Tlingit ...

It's a good bet that most of us have heard people say they don't like jazz, or even worse, drop the H-bomb, "I hate jazz." If you choose to engage, the key is to tread lightly and tailor an approach ...