Jazz lovers know that gypsy guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt was one of the genre’s stars during the ’30s and ’40s — a fact that will be celebrated on Friday at the 10th annual Django a Gogo tribute ...

Everything old is new again. A Bushwick jazz singer is offering a musical retro refuge for those looking for respite from increasingly bleak world news. Tatiana Eva-Marie, whose latest album “Je suis ...

For Samara Joy, music runs in her blood. Her paternal grandparents founded The Savettes, a gospel group originating in Philadelphia. Her father was a famous bassist who toured with famed gospel artist ...

In 1938, Ella Fitzgerald sang her first big hit, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," for a national audience on CBS Radio. Now, a global audience has access to this performance again — thanks to the discovery and ...

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actors Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris offer narratives drawn from the memoirs of Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith and Langston Hughes. The Jim Cullum Jr. Jazz Band and the Hot Club ...

Jazz has always had an undeniable impact on culture, yet a tumultuous relationship with popular music. At one point in the middle of the 20th century, the genre was at the forefront. It had pop stars.

This time of year just doesn’t feel right without hearing season-appropriate songs like “Monster Mash” and “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas (a film our own Dan Casey has strong ...