If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...

The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...

Weekends in October will be filled with jazz across Detroit's various cultural centers thanks to the New Standards Jazz Crawl by Detroit’s Cultural Center. The 13-part inaugural performance series is ...

The Emmy-award winning mind behind some of your favorite TV and film scores is delivering a rare and intimate show in The ...

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Visiting Detroit for the opening of "New Standards" — the Carr Center's multimedia exhibition celebrating women's contributions to jazz — legendary civil rights activist and scholar Angela Davis ...

Sitting in the car and something fresh comes on the radio. Hmmm. So I take it as my personal Down Beat blindfold test. Sounds a little like mid- and late-’70s Art Ensemble of Chicago, that period when ...

In addition to the already-announced Juilliard Jazz Orchestra concerts (Music of Duke Ellington on October 2, the Orchestra's Birdland debut on February 19, Music of ...

Holly Hofmann, who has performed at the Rancho Bernardo Library many times, is returning on Tuesday evening as part of a jazz trio playing selections from the Great American Songbook. “I’m looking ...

Join the Pan American Symphony Orchestra for an evening of American jazz nostalgia with Nashville sensation, Jaimee Paul, singing favorites of the 1940’s such as the wartime hit, “We'll Meet Again." ...

If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...

The jazz drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest project is “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” a book due Friday, and an album featuring 11 of its selections. By Ayana ...