After the great success of "Elevator Music" you cannot miss the new Christmas Playlist of Ambient Jazz Songs! The elevator music may be used anywhere, even out of the elevators... It's a pleasant easy ...

The Bishop Center for Performing Arts hosted the 8th Annual Grays Harbor College Jazz Festival Thursday. The all-day event featured performances from eight local junior high and high school jazz bands ...

The funeral plans for New Orleans Smooth jazz violinist Michael Ward include a special honor reserved for prominent musicians and other local dignitaries. His body will lie in state at Gallier Hall, ...

Smooth jazz violinist Michael Ward, a fixture at festivals, nightclubs and special events in New Orleans and beyond for decades, died suddenly Monday after collapsing. He was 60. A cause of death has ...

Ah, the 80s, when a band with a quizzical name could emerge from absolutely nowhere with a captivating single that captured the world. And, just as often, such a band would retreat to anonymity. That ...

Legendary guitarist, songwriter and three-time No. 1 Billboard charting artist Robert Lee Balderrama has returned with a brand-new smooth jazz single, “Sunset Beach.” Known for his pioneering role in ...

Soft Ffog, a Norwegian jazz-prog quartet from Bergen, emerged with their self-titled debut in 2023. Led by guitarist Tom Hasslan, the band features keyboardist Vegard Lien Bjerkan, drummer Axel ...

The Rowan University Jazz Program is designed to prepare the serious jazz musician for a career in jazz and commercial music. Acceptance into the program is based on performance auditions, tests of ...

Utah Jazz legend John Stockton offered sharp criticism of today’s NBA, questioning the toughness of current players and the direction of the league in a recent podcast appearance. Speaking on The ...

Grammy-winning musician Kenny G, real name Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, will perform in South Africa later this year. His albums are a regular feature of many CD and record collections, and his tunes are ...

Here are six underrated and overlooked albums from the 1970s that will reward investigation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One ...

In the opening bars of “The Loudest Whisper,” the first track off of John Christensen’s acclaimed 2024 album “Soft Rock,” the Madison musician and composer thumbs a head-bopping riff on his upright ...