For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith ...

It's difficult to encapsulate pianist Matthew Shipp's inimitable musical vision and approach exclusively with words. The elusiveness of his aesthetic stems from its malleability: Shipp retains his ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Thelonious Monk ends his 1967 album Straight, No Chaser with the song "We See." This Monk classic quartet remake from the 1950s was also the last piece of jazz music performed at this year's Irving S.

The versatile musician was also known for his collaborations with Charles Lloyd, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett.

McCoy Tyner, a pianist and composer viewed by musicians and critics alike as the most influential jazz pianist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, has died. He was 81. Tyner’s death was ...

The pop superstar will be returning to Las Vegas for eight more shows of her acclaimed residency featuring performances of jazz standards Kevin Mazur/Getty Lady Gaga isn't quite done singing from the ...

Hilton Ruiz, 54, a versatile pianist known for his pulsing, rhythmically exciting Latin jazz and bebop playing, died June 6 at East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans. He had been in a coma ...

Jack DeJohnette, one of the most daring and dynamic jazz drummers of the last 60 years, with a loose-limbed yet exacting beat ...