Jazz is everywhere, and you’ve probably run into it this year even if you weren’t looking for it. It informs so much of the great hip hop and electronic music that comes out all the time, and it finds ...

Jazz thrives in cities with history: New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago. These cities are also places where you’d expect a new festival to pop up and have success, taking full advantage of a ...

The holiday concert season in Philly is in full swing, with touring acts and local musicians capping off the year with plenty ...

I should’ve known that something was in the air when the first songs I heard at the biggest jazz music festival in the world were by Outkast, Arrested Development, Common, and A Tribe Called Quest. As ...

Buzzy debuts (Chappell Roan, Evian Christ) and anticipated follow-ups (Jorja Smith, yeule) are due this season. After a summer dominated by blockbuster tours by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, this fall the ...

If pop is the musical equivalent of widely enjoyed fast food, jazz would be its high-brow, haute counterpart. However, several mainstream artists aim to combine the best of modern pop and classic jazz ...

From Andrew Bird’s treasured Gezelligheid series at Fourth Presbyterian Church to the ultimate nightmare before Christmas ...

It’s just a fad. That’s what critics and musicians, Black and white alike, had to say about hip-hop and rap music in 1983. The history of recorded hip-hop and rap music began in 1979 with Fatback’s ...

Kendrick Lamar is the overwhelming favorite, but the remaining contenders - Tyler, the Creator, Clipse, GloRilla, and JID - ...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, theGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit,” utilizing the turntablism of Grandmixer DXT, helped hip-hop earn the respect of music critics and ...