If you like the “Peanuts” specialties’ cartoon music, don’t miss Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet’s “A Guaraldi Holiday” at the ...

A quick story. Many years ago, before I started C&L. I was on line at the Catalina Club in Los Angeles to see one of my sax heroes, Michael Brecker.

Holiday tunes with a jazz twist are what the audience can expect to hear at “The 515 Big Band Christmas” concert Tuesday ...

Sometimes during the holiday season, there can be downtime, where locals and visitors are looking for something different to do. At the Century Room, musicians can join in and listeners can experience ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s caroling and “Messiah,” bird walks, comedy, games and ...

In an era where music charts are dominated by electronic beats and auto-tuned vocals, one young man is boldly swimming against the tide — armed not with software, but with a saxophone and an ...

Gustavo Cortiñas doesn’t “do” absolute music — music for music’s sake. The Humboldt Park-based drummer’s work is always about ...

We’re talking free jazz, an experiment in improvisational music that captivated the world’s greatest jazz musicians in the ...

Prison life isn’t supposed to be joyful, but this time of year it can be especially melancholy. Enter The Troublemakers, a St. Croix jazz troupe booked to jazz up spirits at the Golden Grove ...

It's only the second time Dave Koz & Friends has come to Tucson and it will likely be the last. The jazz saxophonist says he ...

Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

The alto saxophone is one of the most popular instruments in jazz and pop music, known for its smooth, expressive sound. Over the years, many talented musicians have made their mark playing the alto ...