Try as I might, I can’t just fall asleep to white noise or thunderstorm sounds. I love ‘em but they don’t work for me. This jazz playlist, on the other hand, might knock me out before I finish writing ...

— Standifer was born on a farm in Gresham, where (purportedly) he learned to get the right tone on his trumpet by playing for livestock. The trumpeter would go on to be both a national name in jazz, ...

Jazz has a glorious history, but it's also a music of boundless curiosity, brash experimentation and an ever-changing set of tools. Such is the complex landscape covered by Jazz Night in America, ...

Washington, D.C., is the birthplace of jazz legends Duke Ellington and Shirley Horn, and home to Jelly Roll Morton, Billy Taylor and go-go music pioneer Chuck Brown. Add to this list bassist Corcoran ...

Exploring the multitudes contained within jazz.

“BLDNTHNDR,” the latest atmospheric single from Kent-based jazz artist Unc D, debuted on two of Spotify’s top editorial playlists for jazz (Jazztronica and All New Jazz) and has remained there since ...

What's on your summer playlist? Here & Now's Celeste Headlee speaks with Keanna Faircloth, host of the "Artimacy" podcast, about some new jazz releases that are in heavy rotation on hers.

Behavioral and algorithmic playlists will continue to evolve. If predictive personalization fulfills the Echo Nest’s aforementioned vision, or can even come close, we’ll be living in a world of smart ...

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 ...

Laufey Lin, a 24-year-old Icelandic musician and songwriter (known by the mononym Laufey to her fans), never dreamed that her music, which she started writing while she was a college student in Boston ...