Happy Jazz Appreciation Month, a fitting time for music critics to name their pick for the greatest jazz song of all time.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After much consternation, I’ve managed to pare down a long list of fine jazz-improv recordings from 2025 to a top 10. So, apologies to Marshall Allen, The ...

The history of jazz music is told in hundreds of cities from coast to coast in America. From the cradle in New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, the great migration of Black Americans northward ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

On a single day later this month, jazz-lovers can hear a world premiere by Ernest Dawkins in Englewood, or a tribute to Randy ...

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Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: That is "The Good Life" by Minneapolis musician Tina from Tina and the B-Sides. She's one of the many performers lined up to celebrate 40 years ...

Check out some of the stellar musical acts going on around town this week and you might find your toes tapping along too.

With Local Note jazz club expected to open in downtown Evanston within months, ʼCats will have more opportunities to hear ...