Mar 8, 2017 5:04 PM

Vibraphonist Gary Burton, a perennial leader in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll, has announced his retirement from the…

Mar 3, 2017 4:43 PM

Pianist Misha Mengelberg, a towering figure in the world of free-jazz, died in Amsterdam on March 3. He was 81.

Early…

Mar 3, 2017 11:06 AM

Eric Miller, whose career as an engineer, archivist and producer put many milestones of jazz history into collectors’…

Mar 2, 2017 12:45 PM

Bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh will release Walk Against Wind, her fourth album as a leader and first for Biophilia…

Feb 28, 2017 3:13 PM

The DC Jazz Festival has announced the addition of Pat Metheny to its illustrious lineup of headliners.

The…

Feb 28, 2017 10:02 AM

Mardi Gras commemorates many things, but it’s a music lovers’ holiday through and through. As festivities get underway…

Feb 27, 2017 2:45 PM

A new trove of previously unreleased Louis Armstrong recordings will see the light of day thanks to a licensing…

Feb 24, 2017 9:46 AM

Three years ago, Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Greene recorded Beautiful Life, a…

Feb 22, 2017 1:17 PM

One of the many pleasures of a jazz festival is the parade of rhythm sections, and the first four days of this year’s…

Feb 21, 2017 1:47 PM

Guitarist Larry Coryell, who died Feb. 19 at age 73 in New York City, first convened his Eleventh House band in 1973,…