Something about the joy of irritating my father, going back and forth about how I keep hijacking his jazz CD collection, is ...

Both comments assure me that I’m passing the baton to eager up-and-comers — and that jazz is far from dead. From where I ...

Since 2011, the world has celebrated April 30 as International Jazz Day. It’s a day dedicated to celebrating the genre’s music, considered one of America’s greatest artistic and cultural creations, ...

Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both entertainers.

Jazz has been around for over a century and the most influential jazz musicians have contributed largely to the changing soundscape of this genre. From funk, acid-jazz, and fusion, to polyrhythm, ...

Butter and the Genre is a jazz band that blends the best of timeless influences with a fresh, inviting sound. Led by Gregory "Butter" Haubrich, the group is known for their seamless instrumental ...

The Telluride Jazz Festival first took place in late August, 1977, in the isolated ski town in southwest Colorado. The inaugural fest featured guitar hero Muddy Waters as well as the Dizzy Gillespie ...

Oklahoma City jazz collective Butter And The Genre will release their new single, “So Cool So Blue,” on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The track captures the group’s signature blend of melody-forward ...

In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America's inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, ...