The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

Young Sub Lee sits cross-legged on a mat on the stage of Meany Theater, wearing loose white pants, a billowing blouse and blue smock, hair tied in a top knot. He blows intently across the large mouth ...

When the Count Basie Orchestra swung into action at the second Monterey Jazz Festival in 1959, Frank Wess was already 37 and already halfway through his 11-year tenure with that celebrated ensemble.

From the Attic of My Mind is a batch of reissues drawn from the old Xanadu catalog of Sam Most recordings. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the late flutist makes "every note in a fast phrase pop out." ...

Mark Weinstein is a master jazz flutist who was once a master jazz trombonist. In 1966, he played trombone on Cuban Roots, a prized cult classic which blended Afro-Cuban folkloric music with jazz.

Bluff • “Start from silence!” third grade teacher Sarah Burak repeats, raising her voice above the din of 10 elementary school students playing traditional Native American wooden flutes. Her class, ...

Back in January, Anchorman's Ron Burgundy challenged Lizzo to a jazz flute challenge, and the rapper has officially unveiled her response. By Rania Aniftos Back in January, Anchorman‘s Ron Burgundy ...

*Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside has releasesed a brand-new single titled “Off The Cuff” on the Randis Music label (scroll down to HEAR it). The flirty new groove, co-written by ...