The debut edition of t Tijuana international Jazz Festival opened with performances by Cindy Blackman Santana, the Gilbert ...

Considered by many to be the first important jazz composer, Jelly Roll Morton polished the New Orleans jazz style to perfection. In turns a braggart and egocentric, this self-proclaimed inventor ...

That piece, “Maple Leaf Rag,” crowned Scott Joplin the “King of Ragtime Writers.” Born near Texarkana, Texas, likely in 1867, ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the 2024 inductees into its Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, who will be celebrated next month ...

As the fiery drummer in Santana since 2016 and in Lenny Kravitz’s band from 1993 to 2007, Cindy Blackman Santana has done multiple world tours and performed in some of San Diego’s largest outdoor and ...

This vivid, impressionistic portrait of legendary jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton features Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Billy Porter (Pose) as the Chimney Man and Tony Award winner Joaquina ...

Although I’ve been to Baldwin a couple of times before for various recitals and performances, when I made my way over this ...

Jelly Roll Morton and Sydney Bechet. Now Skonberg is returning to those roots and the sounds of New Orleans on her recently released album What It Means. She recorded in the Crescent City and ...

The music on the soundtrack comprises 16 new Marsalis compositions and seven interpretations of material composed by W.C. Handy, Jelly Roll Morton (three tracks were drawn from Marsalis's 1999 ...

A regular performer in Sacramento, trumpet player Bria Skonberg celebrates New Orleans with her new album, “What It Means.” ...

Sixty years ago the New Orleans veteran gave his views on Walter Pichon, Luis Russel, Jelly Roll Morton, Spike Hughes, King ...