The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...

Collage Jazz will perform a free Monday Music concert at the Rome Art and Community Center, featuring jazz standards and ...

Jazz Explorations played one final performance at Gallery Art Bar to finish a January residency on Thursday night.

If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...

In joint celebration of UNESCO’s 2026 International Jazz Day, the 8th Annual Palm Beach International Jazz Festival will ...

Weekends in October will be filled with jazz across Detroit's various cultural centers thanks to the New Standards Jazz Crawl by Detroit’s Cultural Center. The 13-part inaugural performance series is ...

Visiting Detroit for the opening of "New Standards" — the Carr Center's multimedia exhibition celebrating women's contributions to jazz — legendary civil rights activist and scholar Angela Davis ...

If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...

There is little new that anyone can say about Keith Jarrett- and his remarkable, multi-faceted output of music- but some observations are perhaps worth repeating and/or seeing in a new light. And ...

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The jazz drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington’s latest project is “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” a book due Friday, and an album featuring 11 of its selections. By Ayana ...