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Take six African-American women, blend their voices in a mix of gospel, blues and jazz and what you get is Sweet Honey in the Rock. The Grammy Award-winning ensemble performs and talks about their unique style, and a career that spans three decades.

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett talks with Tony Cox about his attempts to marry Asian music with jazz on his latest CD, Beyond The Wall.

According to the National Weather Service, at 3:20 p.m. EDT today, the Autumnal Equinox (the moment when the length of daylight and darkness are almost perfectly equal) occurs.

New Jersey prosecutors have filed charges against three correctional police officers for beating female prisoners the night of Jan. 11 at Edna Mahan…

WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones about her musical inspirations and about her new recording “Pieces of Treasure” which features material from the Great American Songbook.

Follow the deteriorating relationship with this plaintive, ever-shifting single from the Brooklyn-based jazz-electronic-pop musician.

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you…

Blossom Dearie — that's her real name — has been a fixture on the New York nightclub scene for decades. The singer and pianist is known for her quiet voice, unusual choice of material and jazz-influenced style of singing.

A 1971 work by Steve Reich, "Drumming" is widely considered a masterpiece of minimalism.

In his native Puerto Rico, a jazz drummer found that his friends could all get down to Fela Kuti. So in New York, Cole assembled an 11-piece band to locate the African heart of Caribbean party music.