Award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis tells Katty Kay how growing up surrounded by music shaped his own journey with jazz.

The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival celebrates Barker’s long career and many contributions to New Orleans’ music as a ...

(Recording) is kind of like your business card now, for an orchestra,” explains DSO President and CEO Erik Ronmark, a ...

“I keep moving all the time,” jazz singer and lyricist Kurt Elling said last week.

Greg Tardy started off as a clarinetist in New Orleans before transitioning to tenor saxophone. His music encompasses ...

Marsalis wrote Blues Symphony in 2009, and it’s now the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s first album release under the leadership of Music Director Jader Bignamini. The album is also just the second ...

Recorded at Orchestra Hall in December 2023, the album marks a milestone for the DSO.

Sorry Gorgeous, the cocktail lounge that opened last October on the rooftop of NOVEL RiNo, seems to be a distillation of the ...

In the mid-1970s Keith Jarrett wasn’t just a popular jazz pianist. He was a genuine phenomenon so astoundingly productive ...

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including music at a fraught moment in the Kennedy Center’s history and a passing delight in Tchaikovsky.

As musical dynasties go, it’s tough to top the Marsalis family. Grammy-winner Branford Marsalis, a saxophonist, is currently ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center announced the top high school jazz bands will compete in the 30th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival on May 7-11. It will be held at Jazz ...