Longtime Chicago Tribune music critic Howard Reich penned "The Majesty of Jazz: 25 Visionaries Who Defined the City's Sound." ...

When you hear the word JAZZ, what image comes to mind? You might imagine an older person sitting in a quiet bar, glass in ...

This April, at the National Museum of American History, we’re celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month! Check out the calendar to learn more! Amy Kehs Jazz Appreciation Month JAZZ April is Jazz ...

Why was jazz eclipsed by rock and other forms of music? Here are three theories A new book from photographer Jim Marshall shows jazz when it was still widely popular “Jazz is dead.” Jazz connoisseurs ...

It's taken some time, about a century in fact, but finally, thanks chiefly to editor and jazz historian Francesco Martinelli of Siena Jazz, the first comprehensive, pan-European history of jazz sees ...

Music filled Kerrytown Concert House Wednesday to Saturday as it hosted the 30th annual Edgefest, a celebration of avant-garde jazz.

Along with the heavy hitters at Symphony Center and Hyde Park Jazz Fest, our fall picks include Bella Voce, jazz on the Red Line and an invisible concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

Levine Music's jazz program will be named the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Program, recognizing a multi-year leadership gift from the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The inaugural Memphis Jazz Festival is drawing crowds to downtown Memphis for a weekend of live music and fun. “We’re always looking for unique ways to bring people to our downtown.

For most contemporary music consumers, listening to jazz is a historical exercise. Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue is, at the time of writing, still No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart 61 years after it ...

A theologian (and amateur musician) explores the connection between them. William Edgar’s new book, A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel, is itself a work of love. Edgar, ...