“Jazz has absorbed whatever was around from the very beginning,” the writer Francis Davis told Wen Stephenson in a 1996 ...

You may also elect to give your child the same name as your favorite musician. While some names will immediately recall their likely inspiration, like Aretha (for Aretha Franklin) or Elvis (for Elvis ...

This year, the affable Hayward, 78, has released a new single, “Life in a Northern Town,” with musician/producer Mike Batt.

Pianist Alessandro Martire uses natural settings to elevate his music, whether playing in Italy's lakes region, on a snowy ...

Ellington recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy” several times in 1927 with a small orchestra, showing off the ensemble’s tightly honed, potently expressive sound. Moran converted it into a solo, which he ...

This week's best new hip-hop and R&B songs, including tracks from Leon Thomas & Halle, Davido & Victoria Monet, Wiz Khalifa, Sault, and Sleepy Hallow.

On April 1, the stage of Foellinger Great Hall resounding with the brilliant playing of one of the great violinists of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter. She is now near the ...