This year's edition of A Jazz Piano Christmas almost didn't happen ... for social justice — fueled many heartfelt moments of quiet contemplation, not to mention the soul-stirring vocals that ...

In a quiet backyard nestled in the Sherman Oaks hills, seasoned jazz musician Larry Goldings begins to play the punchy opening notes to Van Halen’s “Jump” on his prized melodica. Standing ...

"That's so quiet, sort of Satie-like," McPartland says. The next tune features an instrument new to Piano Jazz, as Gil Goldstein pulls out his accordion for a Montmartre-flavored duet with host ...

Pédron Rubalcaba, my favorite jazz piano album of the year ... He’s also a master of dynamics, shifting gears from quiet rumination (as on Carla Bley’s “Lawns”) and boisterous, even ...

Quiet Joy is Jennifer Lee's second collaboration with guitarist Peter Sprague. Recorded at Spragueland Studios in Encinitas, California, this CD features Jennifer on all three of her primary ...

Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying ...

Joey Alexander, a 14-year-old Indonesian piano prodigy ... and it’s enabled his quiet conquest of jazz, 100 years after his birth.

DZ: Back then, singer-lyricist Suzi Stern sent me a cassette after she completed an album on which she wrote lyrics to jazz compositions and recorded them, including Quiet Now. I'm not sure if the ...

January is typically a quiet month for jazz in Denver, but there are a few promising gigs lined up in the next couple of weeks. The boundary-pushing piano trio The Bad Plus has two nights ...

Once you put into perspective that chart-topping pop and R&B vocalist-composer Roberta Flack started her career accompanying opera vocalists on piano at one club, performing quiet jazz and blues ...