Jazz saxophone great Dave Koz didn't celebrate Christmas growing up; he's Jewish. But he did love those Christmas songs. As a kid, he'd "disappear to friends' houses and trim the tree and get the ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...

The Rev. Bill Carter remembers the story his mother told him about attending a Louis Armstrong concert in Venango County as a teenager in the early 1950s. It was an all-white audience gathered to hear ...

As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" "It's ...

Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

Gerry Mulligan wasn’t just a baritone sax icon—he was a revolutionary voice in jazz. From his pioneering pianoless quartets to his arranging work on Birth of the Cool, Mulligan proved that space, ...

The Birmingham-born jazz star pays tribute to a master of modern music, with tap-dance rhythms and Heidi Vogel’s vocals adding pep to proceedings Few have doubted that African American ...

This is my very simple method for how to start playing solo jazz piano. After watching this video, players should be able to take care of the melody, the comping and the bass line, all by themselves.

Michael Tracy, a legendary jazz educator was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky in the US. During his first time in Kenya last week, his show was sold out. "I have spent all my life in the US but ...