Percolating with ideas, the tunes on this release are intimate, enthralling, and and laced throughout with rich blue tones... —Bob Osborne, World of Jazz / All About Jazz “Imagine the peaks we could ...

New York based band Blues Traveler formed in 1988, led by John Popper (main songwriter, singer, harmonica) along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), the late Bobby Sheehan (bass) and Brendan Hill (drums), ...

It's been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn't aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums' leaders are women, and five ...

Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued ...

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on classical favorites. On his new album, "Beethoven Blues," pianist, ...

Tallahassee's Scotty Barnhart got his moment in the spotlight at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards. Looking relaxed, confident, and mightily pleased, renowned jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, ...

Washington, DC-born alt-R&B singer Kelela is best known for blending spacey takes on soul and R&B with glitzy, futuristic EDM, but on her upcoming live album, she’s taking a different tack. In The ...

From yacht rock to blues to jazz to a debut of an Aussie DJ, San Diego has a list of great shows to catch this holiday week.

'Batiste takes a phrase of Beethoven, and answers and contrasts it with a minor, bluesy jazz phrase of his own' Into this fray steps an American musical celebrity, New Orleans-born Jon Batiste, 38 ...

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Rooted in the blues and connected worldwide, the musician, 83, is still looking ahead. Credit... Supported by By Jon Pareles Visuals by Daniel Weiss The modern bluesman Taj Mahal will turn 84 on May ...