PARIS, France — As visitors watch the 2024 Olympics in Paris, they will notice the eclectic and electrifying swinging sounds of brass horns, drums and pianos. Jazz is deeply rooted in Paris's modern ...

One musical commonality singer Betsy Baer shares with guitarist Brent “B.G.” McPike shouldn’t come as a surprise. Both have a fondness for Beatles music, as well as jazz and bossa nova. Baer has sung ...

Paris has always embraced and celebrated jazz. Starting after World War I, jazz musicians flocked to Paris to play this new, unique sound unfamiliar to the French. Post-World War II, Paris welcomed a ...

Ask Rhoda Scott, and she'll say her career as an illustrious jazz organist happened by accident. But if you know her story, it's hard not to spot the hand of destiny. She was born into a musical ...

It's rare that you hear an artist create a personal album these days, what with most of today's mainstream entertainers usually having their lyrics manufactured by anyone else other than themselves.

A thirteen-piece ensemble ensconced in the immersion of three unique and divergent cultures is enough to get your attention. Veteran musician Philippe Coignet [pictured above with saxophonist Sulaiman ...