Steely Dan is a perfect example of how jazz shapes rock music. From the 1970s onward, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker infused ...

This has been the year that musicians collaborated and cross-pollinated, experimented within and outside jazz. Best of all, some of the more avant-garde musicians seemed to find value in sculpting ...

No, those aren’t the cadenced numbers an NFL quarterback calls out just before the ball is hiked in a game. Rather, they are the ages of three storied jazz saxophonists — Charles Lloyd, Charles ...

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 ...

Grammy-winning singer Gregory Porter will bring his smooth mix of jazz, soul, and gospel to New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall this month. Fans can expect a powerful, heartfelt ...

Disney meets jazz in an exciting way this month at the College of DuPage. “When You Wish Upon a Star: A Jazz Tribute to 100 Years of Disney” is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the McAninch Arts Center at the ...

Sadly, many people associate jazz with elevator or background music, and for that reason feel like it's a boring genre. Well, the truth is, if you immediately associate jazz with elevator music, you ...

The past year was marked by intensifying crises not seen in multiple generations. As they had on billions around the planet, these events had a tangible impact on large numbers of musicians and ...