Bainbridge drew in hundreds of people Saturday for the sixth annual Jazz and Blues festival, a celebration of music in the ...

Ruth Eckerd Hall will host the 4th Annual Clearwater Smooth Jazz Jam on May 30 and 31, featuring top jazz artists. Tickets ...

Picture the “default” jazz band we all imagine, then rewind history to see how that lineup was assembled by accident, technology, and American culture. We trace how brass valves, Civil War surplus, ...

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of saxophonist Richard Elliot at The Vogel on January 30, 2026.

The jazz lick is played on exactly 80 instruments, turning a simple riff into an epic musical experiment! From traditional ...

Listen to our experts’ selections from one of jazz’s great labels, with tracks from Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Gato ...

Faena Miami Beach is once again turning up the volume on live jazz with the return of its annual concert series. The Faena ...

Introducing Saxophonist Langston Hughes II article by Sanford Josephson, published on February 1, 2026 at All About Jazz.

I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of invention to instruction. How she developed her own approach to the guitar, but ...

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...

Ah, the 80s, when a band with a quizzical name could emerge from absolutely nowhere with a captivating single that captured the world. And, just as often, such a band would retreat to anonymity. That ...

Walking through the doors of Lou’s on Brattle Street feels like stepping back a century. Dark wood paneling, velvet seating, and jeweled lights shine against shelves of old books and scattered jazz ...