One this special edition of Encore! we speak with jazz historian Dr. Richard Birkemeier, the producer and director of a ...

The African lute, called the ngoni, xalam, or kora depending on the region and culture, has a rich history dating back ...

Award-winning jazz bassist, educator and mentor Hayden, at age 68, is today the youngest recipient of Detroit’s highest arts ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

The University of Wyoming Jazz Studies Program will present the faculty-led Live Edge Trio with special guests Steve ...

Jazz in the Park Festival returns to the “Romulus Vuia” Ethnographic Park in Cluj-Napoca for its 13th edition this summer, ...

Perhaps Black improvisational music anticipated the prevalence of ... so completely that it transcends itself — as both a jazz instrument and a guitar? Greene’s version of “Danny Boy ...

GBH Music's Sam Brewer talks about GBH Music Presents JazzNow, Jazz Nights and the musical talent they have lined up.

Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, which went on ...

A cornerstone in the Metro Detroit jazz community, musician and educator Marion Hayden is the recipient of the 2025 Kresge ...

BYU's pep band has been missing from basketball games. More than 5,000 people have signed an online petition to bring back ...