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 ...

A most unusual year calls for a different approach to evaluating the albums that have crossed my path over the past 12 months. In the best of times I’m grateful for new music that moves, inspires and ...

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 thing that all these jazz albums have in common is their amazing listenability, music you can enjoy for years and never get bored. At least I haven't been. Ballantine just moved to the East Coast ...

Jazz musicians often rely on the energy they take from a live audience. So when live performances were shut down because of the pandemic, they had to find ways to adapt. Everyone can relate to the ...

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 ...

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Sylvie’s Love” and “Soul” understand the music and its place in African-American life, a welcome break with Hollywood history. By Giovanni Russonello Midway through “Ma ...

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 ...