But unlike some cities, Kansas City’s musical heritage remains woven into its streets, neighborhoods and landmarks.

The inaugural event, An Evening of Jazz with the Leon Anderson Quartet, will feature a performance and lecture by the acclaimed drummer and educator.

Eighty years ago, barriers were broken when Benny Goodman took a mixed race band to play jazz to Carnegie Hall. How Benny Goodman Orchestrated 'The Most Important Concert In Jazz History' By 1938, ...

Attention: The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums does not equal The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The former, new publication has been roundly criticized for not ...

San Francisco's 2026 Fillmore Jazz Festival will feature over 30 Bay Area jazz musicians and groups across four stages.

It's taken some time, about a century in fact, but finally, thanks chiefly to editor and jazz historian Francesco Martinelli of Siena Jazz, the first comprehensive, pan-European history of jazz sees ...

These photos showcase the evolution of Nashville jazz highlighting legendary performers, unforgettable venues and moments ...

I have a theory about jazz history: The conceptual breakthroughs, the new ways of playing, are created by horn players. But those breakthroughs are then fleshed out into new harmonic systems by ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

Jazz piano great and Philadelphia native McCoy Tyner died last week. “McCoy Tyner represents the best of Philadelphia,” says Faye Anderson, director of public history project All That Philly Jazz. “He ...

Attendees of the first performance of the Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series. Photo by Alice Moreno “[Jazz Trail Concert Series ...