She’s been at least intriguing since she first came on the scene as a fearless 27-year-old back in 2008, splashing new colors ...

We are thrilled to present this series, not just to showcase the incredible talents of Japan's top female pianists, but also to celebrate the global language of jazz. This series highlights the ...

When Keiko Komaki moved to New Orleans from Japan in 2006, the pianist and B-3 player couldn’t speak English very well, but she knew how to play “Big Chief,” she says with a laugh. She let the music ...

When the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival begins later this week, it will quickly express that jazz is just its heritage, not its limit. On the first night of the two-weekend Goliath event, ...

From a small town in New Zealand to playing in Sydney’s jazz clubs, Jann Rutherford was a pioneer and role model for many. A ...

There’s a toy instrument called the melodica that found its voice in Jamaican music, being used as an additional fleck of sonorousness in the stripped-down music. It also happened to be the instrument ...

When she opened in Manhattan last week, a pressagent told Toshiko that she should wear a kimono all the time because she was, after all, the only female jazz pianist from Japan. As a concession, she ...

Nichapa Jittaleela is Thai female Jazz Pianist, Vocalist, Composer and Producer which many people known her name in the name of “Air”. She is the first Thai female Jazz Pianist-vocalist who performed ...

Pioneering jazz pianist-singer Nat King Cole is best known for classics such as “Mona Lisa” and “The Christmas Song” as well as for hosting his own television show on NBC in 1956. However, it was a ...