Knecht; Converging Diverging Part I; Converging Diverging Part II; Pagan Rainmaker; Sleep Inertia; Narcissus; Teslin Lake; Goldmund's Chatauqua. Young Canadian pianist-composer Matt Choboter has been ...

If ragtime piano can be seen as the starting point in the evolution of jazz piano, then the next step in that evolutionary process wasn't a step all; it was a "stride." Around 1920, the popularity of ...

The history of the jazz piano starts in 1899. By my count, 20 pianists changed the direction of jazz over the course of 75 years. Here are 20 sample tracks in chronological order of those pianists.

Jazz musicians are the innovative artists who create and perform jazz, a uniquely music style born in New Orleans in the early 1900s. These musicians blend improvisation, rhythm, and personal ...

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, ...

For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith Jarrett’s passionate and sublime The Köln Concert—though she’d been essential ...