A gospel rendition of Super Mario music just won The 8-Bit Big Band its second Grammy Award. The orchestra, famous for its jazz arrangements of video game soundtracks, overcame stiff competition in ...

The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards are always a warm, low-key affair – in contrast to the much bigger spectacle that follows the next day – the annual Grammy Awards telecast. This year’s ...

New Jersey has been at the forefront of nearly every popular music movement of the last century. This is essential listening.

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Good guitar playing doesn’t always mean virtuostic technique or culturally relevant riffs. It’s about telling a story with ...

Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the bestselling live albums of all time, is turning 50. You won’t find that on this list, however: instead there’s metal, soul, and an ‘indecently ...

I always wanted to write how Miles Davis talked: abrupt, profane, contemptuous, in a stiletto rhythm that jabbed and stung and threw off unexpected sparks of enlightenment and tenderness. Of course, ...

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I feel like a few of my favorite jazz records over the past year were overlooked or didn't fare well with many jazz critics. But I filter through a heck of a lot of jazz each year in advance of my ...

The Utah Jazz have not been making music at the defensive end of the floor this season, but for tonight’s matchup against the visiting Dallas Mavericks, I’m going to harp on the offense. Utah will be ...