From its mythological roots to its cultural impact, this video unpacks the origins of jazz and the legacy of its pioneers. TikTok Is Officially Banned in the US Ben Stiller Recalls Seeing Open ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal ...

A key player in the New York jazz scene of the 50s, clarinetist Tony Scott made a dramatic, career-changing turn at the end of that decade. In 1959, he pursued a nomadic lifestyle for six years ...

Though the golden age of big band music is associated with the 30s, it originated a decade earlier in the Jazz Age, when jazz bandleaders began to lead groups that emerged out of small jazz combos ...

Jazz originated in the southern states of the USA in the early 1900s. It was a mix of brass band marches, ragtime, blues and gospel. Many young people had had enough of their parents' old dances ...