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French pianist and composer Martial Solal dies at 97

WBGO's Doug Doyle reports on the loss of jazz writer, editor, archivist, author and producer Dan Morgenstern

On the guitarist's first string quartet composition, she comes with a dramatic precision.

Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance Records, is the guy who single-handedly made Record Store Day a red-letter date for fans of classic jazz.

The multi-instrumentalist prepares for his major-label debut by focusing on the fundamentals: namely, a solid groove.

The opening track to the vibraphonist and composer's forthcoming album embodies a spirit of quiet humility and common purpose, with a deceptively simple motif that opens up through repetition.

Saxophonist Tony Malaby, unlucky at the beginning of the pandemic after catching a very early case of the virus — the subsequent isolation imposed on his playing led him to a unique solution.

What new music is coming out in 2022 that's worth looking into? It turns out there is plenty of great new music coming out this year. Here's a preview of two albums.

This year's edition of A Jazz Piano Christmas features Eric Reed, Gerald Clayton and Patrice Rushen.

In the late '60s through the '70s, Don and Moki Cherry imagined a world where creative music, education and the arts all lived together.