WDR Big Band and WDR Symphony Orchestra here give us a remarkably blended jazz/classical arrangement of Auld Lang Syne. Bask in the closed voice swells, advanced chordal extensions, contrapuntal ...

The guitarist’s masterwork is a period piece that’s firmly 1980—a portal connecting the abundance of disco, funk, and jazz in ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Billy Strings has one foot in traditional bluegrass and another in improvisational jam music ...

After losing his mother to an overdose in June, music became a source of catharsis for Strings. Laufey was an "odd fish" in ...

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a full slate of performances running December 29 through January 11, ...

Re-released this month, the 11-minute “Prayer for amerikkka” honors a Salvadoran immigrant who spent years in a detention ...

Charisa The Violin Diva In First Sunday Blues And Blessings At Mt Zion Ame Millburn NJ on January 4. Posted in “Performance / Tour” column. Published: December 25, 2025 @ All About Jazz ...

Few groups shaped modern jazz like Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Formed in the 1950s, the Messengers became the heartbeat of hard bop—soulful, blues-driven, always swinging. Blakey’s thunderous ...

Led by Grammy-winning Terell Stafford, the ensemble took a long-awaited trip to Tokyo last spring, wowing the audience at a ...

As a junior, DeJarnette earned first chair alto saxophone in the KMEA All-State Concert Band and ranked among the top five alto saxophonists statewide, tying with two other students for the ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi ...