A saxophonist of otherworldly gusto, two pianists of impulsive eloquence and a critic with a pen nearly as sharp as his ears — these are just a few choice epithets for the 2025 class of NEA Jazz ...

"We were always looking for our own sound," alto saxophonist Gary Bartz recently affirmed. "We did not want to sound like anybody else." Speaking with The Late Set, a WRTI podcast, Bartz was referring ...

Musically speaking, with an emphasis on jazz, last week was a very good time to be in New York City. Jazz was a special focus at the APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) conference, an ...

The honorees are from Detroit, which is said to be the hometown of 10% of the jazz masters since 1982, the inception of the awards. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced the ...

“They’ve sent folks to do master classes in the past, but never anything on this level,” said East St. Louis High School Jazz Ensemble Director Delano Redmond. “Hopefully the students will understand ...

The NEA Jazz Masters fellowship began in 1982, establishing a lifetime achievement honor for practitioners of a uniquely American art form. One of the first three inductees was Sun Ra — a composer, ...