This holiday season, GBH Music has the perfect soundtrack while you bake, wrap, shovel, and unwind after your hosting duties are done. You can listen to our Holiday Jazz stream in the player below by ...

One of the most prolific jazz guitarists in L.A. was Barney Kessel. In the late 1950s, he was recording for Contemporary. The beauty of the label, in addition to the sterling taste and impeccable ...

Something extraordinary has occurred in Barcelona, Spain, that is proving that the old adage “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke” is applicable when applied to teaching jazz. Over the past 12 years the ...

Assessing the best jazz albums of any current year could be a tricky affair. The tricky part lies in the term current, as during any given year there is a slew of reissued jazz albums that can ...

I just got back from my second trip to the Katy Jazz festival, run by a school district just West of Houston. It was time for a jazz fix. You see, I am a jazz fan, and though not compulsive, I do need ...

Listen to favorite songs by an adventurous musician who pushed the boundaries of jazz, selected by writers and musicians including Nailah Hunter, Kieran Hebden and the artist’s son Eagle-Eye Cherry.

Listening bars, often referred to as jazz kissas — where people can relax and listen to vinyl records carefully selected by a bartender over a high fidelity sound system — have been popular in Japan ...