An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

In this episode of Backstage Sonoma, host Steve Roby interviews acclaimed violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman. Jenny shares insights into her latest album, All Species Parade, which is deeply ...

“The Monterey Jazz Festival is the best outdoor jazz festival in the nation, bar none...it feels like a mini-lifetime crammed into less than three days." —San Jose Mercury News “The 53rd annual ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Jazz music has consumed Anaïs Reno's life. But she wouldn't have it any other way. The 17-year-old jazz singer is now readying for college and all that comes with young adulthood, and she's never been ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...