KNKX receives thousands of fresh songs per year for programming consideration. Here are the jazz releases from 2025 that rose ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most ...

Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

After the great success of "Elevator Music" you cannot miss the new Christmas Playlist of Ambient Jazz Songs! The elevator ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

Marsalis, born into a leading New Orleans musical family, rejected pop influences and free jazz experimentation. He championed instead a conservative approach rooted in swing and bebop. The recording ...

Led by Grammy-winning Terell Stafford, the ensemble took a long-awaited trip to Tokyo last spring, wowing the audience at a ...

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with New Orleans-based singer Judith Owen about her newest album, "Come On & Get It." JUDITH OWEN: (Singing) Put on your bright-red tie. Slick back your hair. Then knock on ...

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler revealed why he’ll never release the jazz songs he’s written. He recently acquired a seven-string bass, which he told Kerrang! allows him to “play guitar and bass ...

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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 ...