The drummer for the Branford Marsalis Quartet is also the jazz director at the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute.

Wynton Marsalis is leaving Jazz at Lincoln Center after nearly 40 years as its artistic and managing director.

Samara Joy and Dee Dee Bridgewater both compete for Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy, discussing how women are finally breaking ...

I always wanted to write how Miles Davis talked: abrupt, profane, contemptuous, in a stiletto rhythm that jabbed and stung and threw off unexpected sparks of enlightenment and tenderness. Of course, ...

Witness a heartwarming moment as a talented violinist approaches a stranger playing a public piano for an unplanned musical collaboration. The pianist’s genuine reaction and constant smile set a ...

Family and the New Orleans community honored jazz violinist Michael Ward as he lay in state at Gallier Hall. Opinion: The American empire has entered its final act FBI thwarts North Carolina New ...

NEW ORLEANS — Family and members of the New Orleans community began to honor the life of globally recognized jazz violinist Michael Ward, he was 60 years old. Michael Reno Ward — also known as “Mickey ...

NEW ORLEANS IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MUSICIAN WHO HELPED DEFINE THE CITY’S SOUND BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT. VIOLINIST MICHAEL WARD WAS MORE THAN A PERFORMER. HE WAS A TEACHER. HE WAS ALSO A COLLABORATOR.

Christmas and the NBA have been synonymous since the league’s inception. The very first Christmas Day game was played in 1947 at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and Providence Steam ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (23) drives past Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, left, in the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Denver. AP New York Post may be ...