Max Roach

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University offers a deeper understanding and appreciation of jazz through adult education classes for everyone from novice to aficionado. Read More

Rollins indelibly wrote himself into the pages of jazz history on June 22, 1956 with a series of nonpareil performances for the album Saxophone Colossus . Read More

Seventy-five-year-old drummer Donald "Duck" Bailey has an anomalous presence on the artist roster at Talking House Records, which otherwise includes prominent indie bands like Loquat and the Lovemakers. Read More

Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed. Read More

The idea of the "drummer as bandleader" is an oddity in most circles. Read More

His new approach to jazz is hinted at on a new performance DVD ("An Evening With the Jae Sinnett Trio: Live at WHRO.") Read More

Catch a rare performance by the jazz impresario on Friday, November 13, at 8:00 pm when George Wein brings his Newport All-Stars to Jazz at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Read More

Kenny Fisher didn't talk much, but his saxophone spoke volumes to those lucky enough to have heard him play. Read More

Writer's block is a luxury that few working writers can afford — least of all Amiri Baraka, who, at 75 years old, remains one of the most prolific authors in the world. Read More

Drummer Ted Sirota and his band Rebel Souls have a new record out called Seize the Time (Naim Jazz, 2009). Read More