Moody made untold records over 63 years of recording, and really excelled as a live performer. 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note is a recording made on his 80th birthday in 2005.

Farnsworth spent years playing with his heroes. “The Big Room,” a new album due Friday, features a cast of rising stars.

July Conspiracy Series featuring The Beavers, Scottie Devlin @ 331 Club Abinnet Berhani’s Ahndenet አንድነት featuring Genet Abat ...

Norman Marshall Villeneuve, iconic drummer of the Canadian jazz scene known for his musicality, mentorship and spirited passion, has died. He was 87 years old. His wife, Louise Artibello ...

Norman Marshall Villeneuve, iconic drummer of the Canadian jazz scene known for his musicality, mentorship and spirited passion, has died. He was 87 years old. His wife, Louise Artibello Villeneuve, ...

Jeez, gimme one three-day weekend and my ambitions run wild. For a while I've wanted to populate this somewhat eye-glazing weekly list of shows with more suggestions, explanations, and observations.

Top improvisers, some amazing guitarists and a quiet piano player are among the standout jazz acts on offer this month.

BOP (33A: Uptempo jazz genre) The BOP or bebop style of jazz developed in the 1940s. Unlike the earlier dance-oriented swing music-style of jazz, BOP was not intended for dancing.

Jazz drummer Al Foster, who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins has died. He was 82.

Al Foster, the jazz drummer who played in bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, among others, has died. Foster’s daughter Kierra Foster-Ba shared the news on Instagram and his ...

We use the term “Renaissance man” very loosely these days, for anybody even slightly multi-talented. But Lesotho-born jazz drummer, novelist and development scholar Morabo Morojele was the ...

Roy Haynes, who has died aged 99, was one of jazz’s greatest drummers, a maestro of bebop with the crisp, rapid snare and cymbal patterns that earned him the nickname of “Snap Crackle”; he ...