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Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer See more of our coverage ...

Jazz can sound confusing at first, especially when every album feels completely different. But the best jazz albums for beginners make the genre easier to enjoy with smooth melodies, memorable rhythms ...

This is always a difficult list to compile because the word “experimental” so often means music that is difficult to categorize. Or difficult to describe. Or just difficult. But these are some of our ...

2023 has been a transitional year for jazz. We lost one of the genre's most brilliant composers and performers, Wayne Shorter; free jazz flamethrowers Peter Brötzmann and Charles Gayle; genteel ...

Victor Mestas was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, and studied at the “J. A. Lamas” School of Music with Carmen Moleiro. He is an endorsement artist for YAMAHA keyboards in Venezuela (2001) and ...

The history of jazz music is told in hundreds of cities from coast to coast in America. From the cradle in New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, the great migration of Black Americans northward ...