Davie Matthews Band, Burna Boy, HAIM, Charlie & The Tropicales, Boyfriend and more musicians and bands to see on the first ...

Here are the biggest music festivals and concerts for Jazz Appreciation Month, including Lakecia Benjamin, Hiromi, Francine Reed and Stella Cole.

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

Not long after I saw Moran perform, the New York Times ran a feature on that most famous image of American jazz musicians in the mid-20th century. Entitled “Harlem 58,” it’s commonly ...

The ceremonial music of these groups contributed significantly to the rhythmic foundation of early jazz. The brass band explosion transforms American music By the late 1880s, brass marching bands ...

This is an American art form that has a known beginning. By playing gigs together, by sharing stories from teacher to student—from one artist down to the next in time, jazz has a starting point, and ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, a celebration of the uniquely American art form. There will be concerts and festivals throughout metro Phoenix all month. Performers include Lakecia Benjamin ...

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a ...