The story of jazz in moving pictures is frustratingly inconsistent — no footage of Bix Beiderbecke has ever been found, for example — but a substantial body of work does exist, even from the music’s ...

Beasley’s three “MONK’estra” albums — “MONK’estra Vol. 1,” “MONK’estra Vol. 2” and “MONK’estra plays John Beasley” — reinterpret the jazz musician’s compositions in ways that are different from the ...

A New Beat, crafted by the multi-Grammy award-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his Generation Y outfit, materializes as a vivid emblem of jazz's evolving dynamics. This album, an amalgamation of ...

Avant-garde jazz nowadays makes a lot of noise and a lot of speed, but rhythmically it has scarcely moved out of the ’20s; the boys are still thumping along mostly in a 4/4 beat. This old-fashioned ...

Tonight, we are looking at classic and contemporary "meet ups" between two soloists, or a soloist and group. "Mulligan Meets Hodges," "Basie & Zoot," "Roy and Diz," "Hargrove meets Miller," and many ...

While many classic jazz standards live on for decades through countless covers, only a few speak to the queer experience with such profound resonance. “Lush Life” by Billy Strayhorn is a song that ...

October kicks off on a festive note, and for Delhi’s jazz lovers, this weekend promises pure rhythm as Jazz Weekender returns ...