Composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s eccentric style and innovative harmonies redefined jazz. His numerous contributions to ...

The beloved troubadour discusses the thrill of performing, “the bus factor” on tour, and his new musical, which teams him ...

The beloved troubadour discusses his new musical, which teams him with Tony Award-winners Tracey Letts and David Cromer.

“I thought that was such a badass answer and part of why I love her,” says Gracie Lawrence, who discovered the old quip while ...

The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

Who is the only person to have won a Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and a Nobel Prize throughout their career? Read ...

Rather than provide detailed reviews of these never-before-released and/or reissued jazz recordings, we will summarize each ...

WEGO FEST: The family-friendly festival featuring bands, arts and crafts, kids' activities, food and more will be held April ...

American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to ...

Lenny Kravitz’s Parisian home is spectacular. A four-storey townhouse in the 16th arrondissement, originally built in the 1920s as the US embassy to France; since 2006 – when Kravitz bought it – an ...

For the first time in an international career that had begun with a surprise debut at Carnegie Hall at age 24, Peterson—known for such spectacular shows of keyboard mastery that Duke Ellington ...

He helped to popularize jazz in the 1920s and enjoyed a long and fruitful career that saw notable collaborations with Duke Ellington ... made the front cover of Time magazine and was signed ...