2020 was a tough year for a lot of jazz artists. Jazz clubs shut their doors and live performance, the driving force of the genre, came to a grinding halt. Despite this, the music carried on through ...

I thought of Cambridge this fall, when I was hospitalized for a month following emergency intestinal surgery the night of Labor Day. "GUT SURGERY, NOT COVID!" I wanted to headline every email I sent ...

We always like to do a year-end list of the best jazz albums, because while it may not be the most popular style, there are still electrifying artists breaking new ground or performing and composing ...

One of the categories of jazz I love most is modern jazz guitar. And 2020 has been a banner year with more releases in this category than any year in memory by some of the finest guitarists in the ...

In our penultimate collection of half a dozen jazz thrillers this week, it becomes clear that brilliant, compelling music comes in all shapes and sizes. As we start to wind down to the 72nd jazz ...

LEOMINSTER — The Leominster Public Library will soon be filled with the foot-tapping, hand-clapping sounds of jazz music from the “Roaring 20’s”. Musicians from the Roaring 2020’s Jazz Combo will ...

The 25th anniversary of the Athenaeum Jazz at Scripps Research concert series is a celebratory milestone for music fans and for the plucky, homegrown Athenaeum. The 25th anniversary’s significance is ...