There are no mystical components involved in jazz music — mostly it’s about improvisation and swing. And what holds true for the piano, bass or saxophone also applies to the human instrument — the ...

Vocalists hold an interesting and endearing position in the jazz world. When an instrumentalist improvises or even plays a melody, they are leaving their message up for interpretation. A vocalist can ...

When thinking about jazz, it’s impossible to ignore the deep, soulful contributions of Black women who have shaped the genre into what it is today. From smooth and sultry vocals to bold, ...

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Music festivals are always a wonderful way to catch talented rising stars before they launch into the stratosphere. Some lucky Savannah Music Festival concertgoers got to see jazz singing phenom ...

Sheila Jordan, a prolific jazz singer who helped pioneer a bebop and scat singing style, has died. She was 96. Jordan’s death was announced by her daughter, Tracey, in an Instagram post on Monday, Aug ...

All it might take is a second and a half of hearing her sing to make your spine tingle or your heart drop. Opera singers, jazz vocalists, writers and Vaughan’s biographer share their favorites. By ...

Sheila Jordan, the jazz vocalist who tugged at the boundaries of music whether she was scat-singing or freshly interpreting songs by Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, or Jimmy Webb, died on Monday. She ...

Much of today's best Latin jazz embraces old traditions to create something new. NPR Producer Felix Contreras spotlights five female singers whose... Latina Jazz: Spanish-Speaking Vocalists Latina ...

A notable lineup of singers will join the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band for the Scranton Jazz Festival Christmas Spectacular on Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Ritz Theater and Performing Arts Center in ...

In the long annals of the Monterey Jazz Festival, 2025 will be remembered as the year of the diva. That’s not to say that Instrumental virtuosity will be wanting at the 68th edition of the world’s ...