" Our first bossa nova songs / smooth jazz relaxing playlist. Saxophone music, cafe music, new orleans jazz music joined into a mellow sax ensemble ideal not only for studying or relaxing, but also as ...

A delayed flight turned into a Christmas music show thanks to a passenger who broke out into song, delighting those waiting on board. Knockout! Wisniewska Steamrolls Scatizzi In 32 Seconds ...

Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the ...

The essence of James Taylor's success comes down to several factors—his lyricism and storytelling, his emotive tone and his ephemeral touch as an artist. The latter is especially hard to quantify.

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year.

Oh la la! Quintet – A Night in Paris is at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Saturday 25 January at 8pm. Oh la la! Quintet mixes Parisian folk music (musette), impressionist music and French chanson ...

Sheer Mag, Naked Roommate, La Luz, Khruangbin, Floorplan, JEMS!, and more felt the spirit of their own groove.

Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers a few more musicians who passed in 2024. For some of them, Kevin says, jazz was only part of the music they ... Quincy's smooth writing and well-drilled ...

But after Budd Johnson showed him some basics on the saxophone ... remains king of the jazz piano—a briskly shaken cocktail of unrivaled technique, impeccable taste and a staggering ability to make ...

Born in Oakland, CA, as a music-hungry youngster ... on his first true love, the saxophone. At the age of 11 while listening to the radio, Handy fell under the spell of the transcendent saxophone ...

We remember those we lost in December, including producer Richard Perry, followed by our tributes from the prior months of ...

Check out the BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2024 list for a much wider range of the year’s best music, the Indie Basement Best Reissues & Box Sets, and our list of 40 Great Albums by Indie & ...