So, while the 80s might have experienced a relative dearth of quality fusion jazz recordings, there were a few selections out there that do the genre justice. Miles Davis Star People (1983) With such ...

Strut present the first definitive retrospective of an icon of 1970s and '80s soul, jazz and disco, Patrice Rushen, covering her peerless 6-year career with Elektra Asylum from 1978 to 1984.

And, mixing movies and cabaret-style jazz, there’s Jeff Goldblum, who appears with his jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, at the Marines Memorial Theater. Goldblum is actually a darn good piano ...

Saxophonist-bandleader-visionary Anthony Braxton turns 80 on June 4, and if you’re not familiar with his mesmerizing sound world, that likely has more to do with a media obsessed with ...

It's hard to talk to Gary Bartz about music. Not because he's a difficult or reluctant interviewee—quite the opposite. In fact, the 80-year-old saxophonist is refreshingly unguarded and garrulous when ...

Jazz is about 100 years old, and Latin jazz is 80. But Latin jazz also has another name: Eddie Palmieri. Palmieri, one of jazz's legendary pianists and band leaders, will appear in concert with ...