A bridge between summer and fall, the annual one-day MO Jazz Music Festival also exists to connect a variety of jazz and jazz-informed sounds. This year's affair, upcoming on Sept. 7 in the green ...

Aaron McCracken, a guitarist in Ballard High School's jazz band, shares an hour of his favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.

Kahlil Childs remembers the moment he fell in love with jazz. Although he was surrounded by the sounds of jazz, soul, blues, funk, reggae, Afro-Latin music, and old school hip-hop from the ’80s and ...

NOTE: The first night of the Detroit Jazz Festival – Friday, Aug. 30 – is now virtual-only, due to threat of extreme weather. Friday's acts can be live-streamed at detroitjazzfest.org. One of the ...

This episode highlights music almost exclusively from the 21st century, including Kassa Overall, Detroit’s Geri Allen and more.

She’s been at least intriguing since she first came on the scene as a fearless 27-year-old back in 2008, splashing new colors ...

Lecturer and band leader Charles Hamilton, a Bay Area jazz staple, was Green’s middle school music teacher and arranged his visit to campus.

The storied musical city of Memphis, Tennessee presents its delegation to the rising generation of cutting-edge jazz artists with Playing in the Yard,the debut recording by the Jazz Ensemble of ...

FARGO — You may think a working jazz musician moving from New York City to Fargo in 1972 would be a step or two in the wrong direction. When John DiFiore got settled into the Red River Valley, the ...