Jamie Baum grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut and has toured the world including as a Jazz Ambassador for the State ...

Christmas has come early for fans of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as organizers released the lineup for the 2026 edition on Thursday (Dec. 11) — a month earlier than usual. Stevie Nicks ...

Students and families gathered Saturday afternoon at Jackson State University for Jazz on the Plaza, an annual event held at ...

Cola Jazz and Roots Fest is coming back to Columbia, SC, for its ninth year with a new name and location, broadening the ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

The Jazz Age was a time of excess, creativity, and passion that lunged jazz music into the mainstream. It produced music icons like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, whose innovative sounds advanced ...

The recording of Livery Stable Blues (above sheet music, 1917), by some estimates, sold more than one million copies. Sam DeVincent Collection, Archives Center, NMAH The band employed a fun and ...

Pop has Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. Country has Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan. Hip-hop has Kanye West and Beyoncé. Contemporary music is a star-studded affair that employs sex and spectacle as ...