Chicago would seem to be a no-brainer to host International Jazz Day, a joint initiative of UNESCO and the Herbie Hancock ...

Chicago would seem to be a no-brainer to host International Jazz Day, and the April 30 day itself spills out into events and ...

Studio 13 Live takes a walk down memory lane with award-winning radio host, Jim Wilke. How the local jazz community is ...

On a single day later this month, jazz-lovers can hear a world premiere by Ernest Dawkins in Englewood, or a tribute to Randy ...

With the passing of legendary WLRN 'Night Train' jazz host, Ted Grossman, listeners lost a treasure trove of knowledge and ...

Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews biographies of two musicians who transcended jazz, and to whom recognition was slow in coming: James P. Johnson, born in 1894, and Alice Coltrane, born in 1937.

Dizzy Gillespie and his iconic trumpet -- with its turned up bell -- brought a new era of American jazz to a global audience. It's part of our 250th anniversary series America in Pursuit.

Epic Jazz Songs That Forever Changed the World article by Alan Bryson, published on April 9, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find ...

Eddie Condon's sharp wit, swinging banjo, and propulsive guitar helped shape the hot sound of Chicago jazz in the 1920s and ...

Collaboration is elemental in the worlds of jazz and community service, and so it is quite natural for WBGO and JPI to ...

Pianist Emmet Cohen jazzes up Campbell Hall, hip impresario Scott Clayton passes, Mariposa series ends on Schubertian high.

June 18, 2025 • Jazz House Kids trains the next generation of jazz stars — alums include Isaiah J. Thompson and Immanuel ...