This is FRESH AIR. A year from now, we'll be hearing a lot about the hundredth anniversary of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's first recording in February, 1917, which is usually cited as the first ...

For jazz musician Chieli Minucci, Special EFX All-Stars is simply his next musical act in an already impressive career. The group, made up of Minucci and other elite musicians, will be performing ...

Jazz at the Lobero will present Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra on Friday, April 5, to open the Spring Jazz Series. Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in ...

In bomb shelters, makeshift clubs, and even occasionally on the front lines, Ukrainian jazz artists are keeping the flame of the music alive. The story of jazz in Ukraine is long and winding, ...

Reedman Paul Cosentino knows his audience and has made a living bringing joy to thousands in the global swing and blues dancing community. As leader of the Boilermaker Jazz Band, Cosentino performs ...

Unlike many of their peers, you can’t listen to Intronaut and ignore the fact that they have one of the most original bass talents in the genre today. Joe Lester, the band’s bearded purveyor of pulse, ...