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Piano innovators highlight this weekend's San Francisco jazz dates

If you wonder about the future of the piano as a jazz instrument, this weekend is your chance to feel great, as two of the commanding and...

Just out is the initial list of the artists set to perform at the 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival. Now in its 55th year, the fest is set for Sept. 21...

It’s still fairly rare to see established pop stars turn to jazz artists to bring a new twist to their sound. To my mind, the most successful...

No, we’ve not managed to reverse the time-space continuum: there actually is jazz to be had in network prime time tonight. It comes in the...

Highlights In Jazz seeks to pay proper tribute to living legends. Meaning, gather jazz music’s best peers and the guest of honor, and let...

It may have been a big sweep for pop star Adele at Sunday night’s 54th annual GRAMMY® Awards in L.A.’s Staple Center. But the jazz...

“Featuring McBride at the top of his game, The Good Feeling, like its creator, is steeped in tradition while remaining tapped into what's...

“I think a lot of the spirit in the music has been lost with the way that it has been preserved and put on a pedestal. The best jazz music...

Learning to playthe string bass is enjoyable in part because the longer history of the instrument has given students a vast repertoire of music to...