Carroll, who died Sunday, started recording in the late 1940s, when female jazz musicians were still considered a novelty. Originally broadcast in 2003. This is FRESH AIR. Jazz pianist and vocalist ...

McCoy Tyner, a pianist and composer viewed by musicians and critics alike as the most influential jazz pianist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, has died. He was 81. Tyner’s death was ...

Take your jazz arranging to the next level with this solo piano walkthrough of Have You Met Miss Jones. We focus on building beautiful inner voice motion, using chromaticism and subtle ...

This is Part 2 of my Killing Me Softly jazz piano tutorial, designed for those who found Part 1 challenging. We slow things down, use a metronome, and break down the syncopated rhythms into ...

The show featuring her stripped-down hits and Great American Songbook selections will be back on stage starting Aug. 31. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga is rebooting her Jazz & Piano residency show at the ...

Professor of piano Ray Gallon’s album debut is way overdue. Gallon, a jazz faculty member at the City College of New York, has been a sideman onstage and in studios for more than 30 years in support ...

David Warren Brubeck (Dec. 6, 1920 - Dec. 5, 2012) was born in Concord, California. His father was a cattle rancher and his mother taught piano. His two older brothers, Henry and Howard, studied to ...

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Yamamoto was largely self-taught as a pianist, although he did have piano lessons as a child.He attended Nihon University.[1] As a student ...

New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh. By Hank Shteamer Two of the most ...

In the tearful finale, Gaga vows to return. By Melinda Sheckells Lady Gaga bid a tearful farewell to her landmark Jazz & Piano concerts at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live Theater inside Park MGM on Saturday, ...

Lady Gaga is bringing her Jazz and Piano show back to Las Vegas! On Tuesday, the pop star announced that she’ll return to Nevada this summer for an eight-night run of her beloved show. The residency ...

When you’ve lived and loved a life in music, that’s a joy that will never leave you. This is the moment a jazz piano legend took to the keys again for the first time in years, for a duet with an old ...