Leaving a towering body of work behind him, record engineer Rudy Van Gelder worked on some of the most acclaimed modern jazz ...

When Roy Haynes sat down at the tiny kit on the stage of the Everyman Theatre, during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in 2005, he shook his head ruefully and said, "Man, I feel like a midget!" Rising ...

For Brad Mehldau's performance in Lorraine for the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival, the piano virtuoso is accompanied by a ...

Roy Haynes was one of the last giants of modern jazz who was present at its birth. His eight decades of drumming spanned from the swing and bebop eras to the avant-garde. Haynes played with just ...

Monder is a well-established New York musician whose adaptability has taken him from organist Jack McDuff’s band to David ...

What do you mean? GIOIA: You've gotta realize that when Dave Brubeck began forming a modern jazz movement in Northern California, this was a radical departure for the area. There had been a very ...

Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation. Roy Haynes, pioneering modern jazz drummer, has died at 99 Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer ...

Billie's Bounce; It Never Entered My Mind; My Funny Valentine; Summertime; Desafinado; This Can't Be Love; Nardis; Someday My Prince Will Come; Stella By Starlight; How My Heart Sings; Straight No ...

The creator of Blue Train, Giant Steps and A Love Supreme might just be the single greatest creative genius in modern jazz: a figure whose musical legacy is revered by many, and acknowledged by all.

Terence Blanchard, will present the world-premiere full performance of Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for ...