Donald Byrd

An eclectic mix of music, from jazz instrumentals and vocals to Japanese songs, will be featured at the eighth annual Gala at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Dec. 4. Read More

Three forces transformed Latin music in the fall of 1962. Read More

The name Marty Sheller may not ring a bell. Read More

The artistic prowess of saxophonist John Coltrane was so expansive and influential - even in his own short lifetime, let alone in the decades since his death - that it's difficult to quantify or differentiate his significance as a leader, a collaborator, a sideman or any other role in the jazz idiom. Read More

This week, the drummer Craig Holiday Haynes will be responding to readers' questions about the life of a jazz musician in New York: advice for musicians starting out, how to make ends meet, his preferred places to play, finding studio space, how the economy has affected the industry, where to meet other musicians and other issues. Read More