Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — all you’ve got to do is stagger your timing. For decades, fans of jazz music have debated why some songs have swing — the characteristic swaying ...

Benny Goodman had already broken new ground when he performed with his jazz and swing band in Carnegie Hall on January 16, 1938. The prestigious venue famous for hosting great classical musicians was ...

TOM MOON, BYLINE: Peter Bernstein was a college student when he was discovered by the jazz guitar legend Jim Hall. It was the summer of 1990. And after performing with Hall on several festivals, ...

In his latter life, Larry Coryell was a frequent visitor to Ireland, where he would invariably hitch up with bassist David Redmond and drummer Kevin Brady, the esteemed rhythm team for the likes of ...

Inspired by their love of the jazz and swing music of almost a century ago, Lake Street Dive singer Rachael Price and guitarist Vilray (who goes by that single name) began performing as a duo in 2015.

Jean-Paul Gaster still remembers the moment he realized the first heavy-metal band was playing jazz. Growing up near Washington, D.C., the drummer — who for nearly 30 years has brought a loose-limbed ...

Louis Armstrong once said “musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.” Maybe that’s why Jack Allday, 76, the Athletic Director at UNT Dallas has a picture of Armstrong on ...

PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts continues its Bandwagon Summer Series with a twin bill featuring the Rhythm Future Quartet and the DiTrani Brothers on Saturday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. (gates at 5 p.m.) at Putney ...