Don't believe us? Take a look at the 2025 program of the Festival de Jazz de Longjumeau, which includes such prestigious ...

As Shawn Levy writes in his ode to the chateau, The Castle on Sunset (2019), “For more than 80 years, the phrase Sunset Strip ...

Nnenna Freelon is one of those jazz singers I can listen to and never tire of feeling the warmth insulated in her every note ...

Marjorie Eliot turned a family tragedy into a thriving community gathering space in Harlem for healing and reflection. “My ...

It’s also known as a cradle of the avant-garde, thanks to institutions like Sun Ra’s Arkestra ... by another genre-bending Chicago native: Herbie Hancock. The pianist Myra Melford often ...

STOCKHOLM — British rock band Queen, American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan were awarded the 2025 Polar Music Prize on Tuesday. The Polar Prize ...

Along with releasing several of his own records, he’s toured with Lionel Hampton and Dinah Washington, played in the bands of Sun Ra, Max Roach, and Duke Ellington, and was a member of Herbie ...

Well that’s at three things you’ve got in common with Herbie Hancock. The jazz fusion/electro hip-hop keyboard legend just ...

The Institute’s vice president of education and curriculum development told students that jazz “evolved through the African American experience and started in New Orleans.” ...

Herbie Hancock is using his octogenarian years to relay some sage advice to other musicians, telling the BBC in a new ...