This is an excellent Jazz piano chord glossary as they go. Keyboard chord glossaries containing dozens of notated chord voicings are a rather common entry on the music publishing market, but this ...

New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh. By Hank Shteamer Two of the most ...

Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there. By David A. Andelman Reporting from Paris Martial ...

This scintillating batch of ECM Luminessence vinyl reissues features classic albums by Chick Corea, Paul Bley and Rainer Brüninghaus, along with Herbie Hancock playing as a sideman with ex- Miles ...

The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.

Elmo Hope might be the biggest, most influential jazz pianist you've never heard of. He was born 100 years ago this June, in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance. Hope was a child prodigy in classical ...

In this joy-filled ETV Classics special, Piano Jazz (1986) comes to television, as Marian McPartland welcomes the king of cabaret singers, Bobby Short. Short discusses his life, inspirations, and ...