The Modern Jazz Quartet was a major jazz institution, a band that, counting a seven-year “vacation,” lasted 43 years. During a time when jazz musicians were stereotyped as unreliable, rarely sober and ...

Few groups shaped modern jazz like Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Formed in the 1950s, the Messengers became the heartbeat of hard bop—soulful, blues-driven, always swinging. Blakey’s thunderous ...

Six strings, ten fingers, improvisation, and a sense of adventure: these are the tools required to play modern jazz guitar. While guitar greats like Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall laid the foundation for ...

Earlier this year, Take Five presented "The First Five: One Man's Introduction To Jazz." That feature saw NPR Arts editor Tom Cole talking about his personal introduction to the art. One day, he ...

Jazz has a rich history, and modern black male jazz singers continue pushing the genre forward. This list highlights 30 talented artists shaping jazz’s future with their unique voices, innovative ...

A lot of jazz people love The Modern Jazz Quartet, but maybe not all the time. Some of them just wait for the parts when vibraphonist Milt Jackson gets to swinging — that was also Jackson's favorite ...

Modern jazz takes a fresh spin on June 9 with the debut of a new composition from Marcus Roberts and his 11-piece band at The Moon. In October of 2021, acclaimed jazz pianist Roberts was honored to ...

Plongez dans BeJazz, l’émission qui explore le jazz d’aujourd’hui, celui qui se réinvente en brouillant les frontières entre groove, électro, hip-hop et influences du monde entier. Dans ce nouvel ...

Tom Scott se distingue par sa prédisposition à naviguer entre différents styles musicaux. Il est particulièrement reconnu pour sa virtuosité au saxophone et sa capacité à mélanger les genres. Dans les ...

Ce sont des nuances que seuls les professionnels de la danse peuvent expliquer. Entre jazz moderne et modern’jazz, la frontière est ténue. Sur leurs emplois du temps, les stagiaires de Darc ont la ...