New York-based vocalist Jaana Narsipur presents swing tunes, bluesy groove, and reinterpretations of ballads with equal ...

In the world of music, few journeys are as enriching and eclectic as that of Olivier Samouillan. Born in 1976 in the vibrant city of Toulouse, Samouillan has carved a path through the realms of jazz, ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

Jakob Bro’s Bill Frisell collaboration finally saw the light, Cécile McLorin Salvant drew on her teenage pop memories and Anthony Braxton looked back to 1985 ...

Spring will have a little swing (and some bop and blues) in the Philadelphia area jazz scene this April. Long term favorites such as alto sax man-leader Tony Williams and guitarist-singer Jimi Odell ...

The style doesn't matter as much. It just has to swing. That's the wide-ranging philosophy behind Swing 13, a Missoula string band that plays its titular style and also gypsy jazz, old standards, ...

Think about the music pumping through your headphones right now. Where did it actually come from? Every beat, every guitar ...

“Lou Donaldson DSC0004a” by Marek Lazarski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the jazz world lost a legend with the passing of Lou Donaldson. Donaldson was a bebop mainstay, a ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Jazz critic Nat Hentoff once wrote, “Every listener to jazz has had a few experiences so startling that they are literally unforgettable.” Mine came in January of 2018 when I first heard Veronica ...