NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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

Tetsu Yamauchi, former bassist with Free and the Faces, has died at the age of 79. The news was confirmed in a statement ...

Two recent releases from the free jazz universe of music celebrate two of the greatest saxophone icons of the 20th century, Archie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders. I was first exposed to free jazz at a ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

The contract extension deadline for those drafted in the 2022 NBA Draft came and went on October 20th, with the Utah Jazz and starting center Walker Kessler unable to come to an agreement. This sets ...

Jazz may have originated in New Orleans in the late 19th century, but New York City is where it expanded—physically, sonically, and culturally. By the 1920s, Harlem had become a national hub, where ...

Let the record state: Jazz music has not always been a gray-haired endeavor. Somewhere on the other side of the U.S. moon landing, a “swinging” tune denoted young, vivacious couples doing their ...

From first tasting fame as one of the ‘80’s “Young Lions” and co-leader of the acclaimed Harper Brothers Quinet, trumpeter Philip Harper has always kept great company. He apprenticed with organ master ...