Support local artists and check out (and even purchase!) some the most interesting 2024 releases by Bay Area artists. Here’s ...

Ellington’s work laid the foundation for big-band jazz and influenced countless musicians. Bessie Smith, known as the “Empress of the Blues,” was one of the most popular and influential ...

Here For A While is full of burnished, urbane post-bop music for three articulate horn players and a top-tier rhythm ... the best of off-the-cuff jazz. Both musicians are boppy and rollicking ...

Here are my Top 10 jazz/improv albums of 2024. Each of them made my life a little better this year, and I’m hoping they might do the same for you. “Compassion,” by Vijay Iyer (ECM ...

Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz ...

Under the iconic fig tree at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, California on November 15, a dedicated ...