Jay Thatte has been playing music since he was seven years old, starting out on classical piano. In the sixth grade at Newark Academy, a coeducational private day school in Livingston, NJ, where he ...

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. "He had a record player," Chung recalled, "and he had Dave Brubeck's ...

Nashville-born saxophonist/composer Rahsaan Barber (b. 1980), on faculty at the U. of North Carolina/Chapel Hill since 2020, ...

Claude Alvin Ford, a Kansas City alto saxophonist and mentor, made jazz the soundtrack of his neighborhood and inspired ...

Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, known for writing sophisticated songs, many of which have become jazz standards, died September 22 at his Manhattan home at the age of 95. Golson was one of the few ...

Sonny Rollins, who first established himself within the jazz scene in the 1940s, stood as one of the last living legends of his era. Sonny Rollins died on Monday (May 25), leaving behind a rich legacy ...

Two new releases from the musician—‘Kevin Sun I.’ and ‘Kevin Sun II.’—are by turns serious and whimsical, capturing him both ...

Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus who redefined the language of the genre with his inimitable improvisational skills, died on Monday at his home in Woodstock, NY. He was 95.

Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist with a supple, earthy style who was a key figure in the development of three styles of jazz from the 1940s to the 1960s and sustained a career for almost seven ...

The musician was battling prostate cancer. By Rania Aniftos David Sanborn, beloved jazz saxophonist who is credited on songs for Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and many more, died on Sunday (May 12). He ...

Sonny Rollins, a sublime tenor saxophonist and one of the last iconic figures of the golden age of post-World War II jazz, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. Diagnosed years ago with pulmonary ...