Born in the Roxbury section of Boston on March 13, 1925, Roy Haynes, a pioneer of modern jazz, kept beat for the best ...

No other 100-year-old musician is leading a band, and no bandleader has remained in the same band for 67 years. NEA Jazz ...

Brookhaven artist Dr. Kim Sessums, who organized the exhibit of photos taken by Coke in 1961 of jazz musicians performing at ...

In 1962, Davis began working with tenor saxophonist George Coleman, a player from Memphis who had already made a name for ...

Lou Donaldson, who has died aged 98, was an alto saxophonist whose fluid, soulful style helped to shape the face of modern ...

You probably know the classic tune 'Take Five' by Dave Brubeck - but the tune was originally written by the pianist's ...

The saxophonist and keyboardist and their respective bands will treat fans to a memorable, high-energy evening of great blues ...

This fall, UCLA musicians will perform saxophone pieces ranging from classical to contemporary ... of a crossover between ...

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...

Roy Haynes, the powerful and prolific jazz drummer whose career stretched from the swing era of the 1940s to the fusion era ...

Inspired by Charlie Parker to abandon the clarinet in favor of the alto saxophone ... time drummer who tries to play with ...