Good Shot Judy is releasing its first Christmas album, “A Crooner’s Christmas,” during a listening party at the Willliamsburg ...

November's KNKX School of Jazz guest DJs are Luca Morales and Emmet Bell, recent Everett High School graduates.

The year has unfortunately not allowed for reviewing anything near as much as I'd hoped, but the lack of coverage certainly does not mean a lack of quality—as always, there are some picks that just ...

Every city has its own music culture and sound. That’s especially true for jazz, a genre so deeply rooted in Sacramento history that its improvisational style became a rhythmic reflection of the ...

Bilal is a vocalist who straddles two worlds. You could call him a rap fan's favorite jazz singer, having appeared on tracks by the Clipse, Mac Miller, Common, and Kendrick Lamar. You could also call ...

Brent “Doc” Watkins makes his living in music. Specifically, jazz music that he plays on the piano. But on the phone from his ...

Kim Maguire’s latest single, “My Favorite Things," blends the nuanced precision of jazz, the fluidity of dance, and the emotional expression of theatre. This seamless integration is no surprise, given ...

More than a decade ago I wrote these words: “The Jazz Festival is my favorite time of year, bar none. For a nine-day stretch, Rochester becomes both bigger than itself and more intimate.” In the years ...

Album covers clockwise from top left: Otis Shanty's "Lowballer" (Courtesy Sadye Bobbette/Otis Shanty); Ethan Setiawan's "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica" (Art by Mike Cox, design by Louise Bichan); Najee ...