Branford Marsalis, Joshua White and Patricia Brennan are just some of the artists who released head-turning albums this year.

Sheila Jordan, a prolific jazz singer who helped pioneer a bebop and scat singing style, has died. She was 96. Jordan’s death was announced by her daughter, Tracey, in an Instagram post on Monday, Aug ...

Soulful jazz singer Samara Joy will perform at the Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, during a stop on her national tour. Joy, who will appear at the Ravinia on Aug. 25, is a refreshing throwback ...

KNKX receives thousands of fresh songs per year for programming consideration. Here are the jazz releases from 2025 that rose ...

This was shaping up to be a banner year for Boston singer John Minnock. He had finished a new album, “A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire," that found him collaborating with noted film and theater ...

Music fans are mourning the death of legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who passed away at the age of 96. She had been an instrumental figure in the jazz scene, inspiring generations of vocalists.

Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) grew up in Iceland as a multi-instrumentalist kid prodigy, schooled in classical as well as jazz. Now, living in L.A., she’s one of our unlikeliest as well as most talented ...

This Jazz Appreciation Month, a Philadelphia jazz artist is putting a fresh spin on an old genre — using her lyrics to speak directly to today's women. Singer, composer and arranger Lora Sherrodd is ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to remember jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who had a devoted following among jazz fans, though she was less well-known to wider audiences. She died Monday at the age of 96 ...

Once upon a time, the emblematic jazz singer was an African-American woman, serenading a smoke-filled room. Think Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Today, a talented crop of cosmopolitan young ...

Maxi Jazz, lead vocalist of British dance music band Faithless, has died. He was 65. His bandmates, Sister Bliss and Rollo, shared the news on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages Saturday.