For many years, Jim Stack played jazz at venues around the country, and in Charlotte at Cajun Queen restaurant. He was also the full-time pianist for the Charlotte Country Club. Stack is now 95 and ...

The holiday theme for Jazz Piano Christmas this year was definitely for the adventurous among us. Our three performers placed familiar holiday songs inside masterfully crafted clusters of sound and ...

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

We asked Samara Joy, Hanif Abdurraqib, Vijay Iyer and others to share their favorite tracks showcasing what might be the most nuanced instrument in jazz. By Marcus J. Moore Over the past few months, ...

Palm trees and sandy beaches were in the air on a chilly December night as we gathered for NPR's annual A Jazz Piano Christmas concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...

Three Bowdoin employees—a writer for the communications office, a professor of Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Africana Studies, and a pop/jazz piano instructor—have formed a jazzy musical trio ...

Victor Mestas was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, and studied at the “J. A. Lamas” School of Music with Carmen Moleiro. He is an endorsement artist for YAMAHA keyboards in Venezuela (2001) and ...

Miles Davis is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of jazz music. Over the course of his career, he had a significant impact on jazz piano, jazz composition, and jazz ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at ...