From modern jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette to masterful scatter and vocalist Nancy King, KNKX remembers the lives of notable jazz musicians who passed away this year.

Les McCann was already an established solo artist — a blues-forward jazz pianist in his 30s, with more than two dozen albums to his name — when he had a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux ...

Returning favorites, internationally touring musicians and much more are all aspects to look forward to with Jazz at Helen’s ...

Dr. Nick Weiser has been on a journey — a jazz journey, thanks to receiving a significant award. Weiser, an associate ...

Michael Weiss has been a leading pianist and composer in jazz spaces for over 30 years. He’s returning to Sculler’s Jazz Club with his trio on March 15th. Before the show, he sat down with the hosts ...

Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose 60-year music career earned him three Grammy awards, died Monday. He was 87. Lewis, known for his role in the namesake Ramsey Lewis Trio, died in his sleep at ...

LEXINGTON - A local jazz pianist and Berklee professor is making history, becoming the youngest person to win a Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, putting him in the same playing field as the ...

Hartford Public Library’s annual Baby Grand Jazz free concert series isn’t just an unmatched showcase for jazz artists from New York, New England and particularly from the thriving Hartford area jazz ...

Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both entertainers.

A group of jazz musicians playing at a historic pub have recreated an LP which was first recorded at the venue in 1979. Jazz ...

OPINION: Vince Guaraldi's introspective jazz soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" helped make the show a holiday classic, Bill Dal Cerro writes.

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his ...