KNKX receives thousands of fresh songs per year for programming consideration. Here are the jazz releases from 2025 that rose ...

Led by Grammy-winning Terell Stafford, the ensemble took a long-awaited trip to Tokyo last spring, wowing the audience at a ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Some of the most memorable jazz albums of 2025 are by Linda May Han Oh, Branford Marsalis, Mary Halvorson, Yazz Ahmed, Mary ...

The St. Petersburg College Jazz Band got in the holiday spirit with a performance of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town.' ...

With seven big bands including the award-winning Purdue Jazz Band, jazz vocalists, and a thriving combo scene, the Purdue Jazz program prides itself on musical excellence, offering an incredible ...

Few in music are as successfully eclectic as Don Was, a bassist, producer, bandleader and record label president.

The Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band entertains the crowd as Kuumbwa Jazz Center hosts the annual holiday party for their volunteers, ...

The author Kurt Vonnegut once said, "Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow." The art of improvisation does just that: it makes the soul grow. The soul of the ...