Rain Sultanov is leading jazz saxophonist who has made a huge contribution to the development of jazz culture in Azerbaijan. Not many were able to walk such a turbulent and interesting creative path, ...

It's early November, and for many in America, that means that when we go outside, we're likely to get wet. Whether we're dodging sprinkles, showers or downpours, November is part of a rainy season. So ...

Since the 1990s Azerbaijani saxophonist Rain Sultanov has forged an increasingly high-profile international career, collaborating with musicians of the caliber of Bobo Stenson, Enzo Favata, James ...

Jazz Bassist Marcus Miller: 'Silver Rain' Marcus Miller's sixth CD, Silver Rain, takes its name from the Langston Hughes poem, "In Time of Silver Rain." NPR's Ed Gordon talks with the soul and smooth ...

It was a rainy day at Jazz Fest, but that didn't stop major performances from The Black Keys and Lainey Wilson. Most of the last performances Thursday were cancelled following a shortened performance ...

As people sought shelter under old oak trees, the Louisiana rain played percussion on the puddles. Just above that familiar sound, the siren song of Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra ...

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THE WEATHER IS MENTIONED SHAKING OF JAZZ FEST A BIT EARLI IERN THE DAY, BUT WHILE THE MUSICS I GOING ON RIGHT NOW THE START OF THAT FESTIVAL HAD T BE DELAYED UNTIL 11:30 AND NOW ...

Editor's note: The festival shut down around 3:30 p.m. Thursday as a strong storm cell was headed toward the area, organizers said. As a storm front moves slowly toward New Orleans, the New Orleans ...

Lynn Darroch begins his new book, “Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest,” in a moment of triumph. The year was 2013, and the Portland bassist Esperanza Spalding had won a Grammy (one of ...