It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...

Bassist Ron Carter, a graduate of Cass Tech in Detroit and a member of the pathbreaking Miles Davis Quintet in the 1960s, is the most recorded bassist in jazz history, appearing on roughly 2,300 ...

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Since trading for Jaren Jackson Jr., the Utah Jazz have been an exciting team to watch. Since February 7th, when Jackson joined the team, the Jazz have had a top ten defense. Offensively, it’s not ...

Christmas and the NBA have been synonymous since the league’s inception. The very first Christmas Day game was played in 1947 at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and Providence Steam ...

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione, who had one of the biggest pop-jazz instrumental crossover hits of all time with “Feels So Good” in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 84. The death was reported by multiple ...

Chuck Mangione, the virtuoso jazz flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer who had a left-field Top 5 pop hit with “Feels So Good” in 1978 and released some 30 albums during his career, died Tuesday ...