The key to enjoying “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” may be in knowing that the movie is as interested in the second part of its title as the first. Not exactly a concert film, “Summer’s Day” opens with ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

Listeners lucky (and eager) enough to acquire one of the first 1000 copies of the Vandermark 5's two latest Atavistic records found a special gift tucked in the package: a bonus CD featuring live ...

When two-time Grammy-winning violinist Mads Tolling picks up his bow, magic happens. From reinterpreting classics like The Beatles' "Blackbird" to crafting soul-stirring arrangements of "What a ...

In the glittering world of the 1920s, cocktails were more than drinks — they were cultural statements. Despite Prohibition, or perhaps because of it, Americans of the Jazz Age elevated cocktail ...

Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Reissue Series continues in June with 4 iconic Mal Wadron, Yusef Lateef, and Bill Evans albums. The second batch of OJC series reissues begins June 30, and all ...

Golson, who died Sept. 21, captured the sunny optimism of American in the late '50s and early '60s. He composed internal music for hit TV shows and appeared as himself in the 2004 film The Terminal.