Sheila Jordan, a prolific jazz singer who helped pioneer a bebop and scat singing style, has died. She was 96. Jordan’s death was announced by her daughter, Tracey, in an Instagram post on Monday, Aug ...

KNKX receives thousands of fresh songs per year for programming consideration. Here are the jazz releases from 2025 that rose ...

Music fans are mourning the death of legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who passed away at the age of 96. She had been an instrumental figure in the jazz scene, inspiring generations of vocalists.

Soulful jazz singer Samara Joy will perform at the Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, during a stop on her national tour. Joy, who will appear at the Ravinia on Aug. 25, is a refreshing throwback ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most ...

This was shaping up to be a banner year for Boston singer John Minnock. He had finished a new album, “A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire," that found him collaborating with noted film and theater ...

"The Jazz Singer" premiered Oct. 6, 1927. — -- It was an era that few of us would recognize today. It was the time of the “flapper girl.” Construction had just begun on Mount Rushmore and Calvin ...

This Jazz Appreciation Month, a Philadelphia jazz artist is putting a fresh spin on an old genre — using her lyrics to speak directly to today's women. Singer, composer and arranger Lora Sherrodd is ...

HUDSON — Hudson Hall welcomes jazz vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Nicole Zuraitis for a Valentine’s Day performance on ...

Once upon a time, the emblematic jazz singer was an African-American woman, serenading a smoke-filled room. Think Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Today, a talented crop of cosmopolitan young ...

Maxi Jazz, lead vocalist of British dance music band Faithless, has died. He was 65. His bandmates, Sister Bliss and Rollo, shared the news on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages Saturday.