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Oscar-winning composer John Williams has joined a new academy: the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The academy announced Thursday that Williams was among 19 inductees voted into the honorary society for musicians, authors, artists and architects that was founded in 1898. Members over time have ranged from Mark Twain and Toni Morrison to Leonard Bernstein and Alice Neel. Others elected this year include another prominent film composer, Terence Blanchard, the jazz musician who has provided s...

Oscar-winning composer John Williams has joined a new academy: the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Improvising around Iyer compositions and numbers by Stevie Wonder, Roscoe Mitchell and more, these musicians foreground openness and receptivity

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by J Mascis, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Vijay Iyer.

The 39-year-old flutist-saxophonist-composer has created a formidable body of work that has as much affinity with modern classical composers as with jazz luminaries.

Petr Kotik, Susan Stenger, Ulrich Krieger, Arnold Dreyblatt, Robert Poss, Ellen Fullman, Oren Ambarchi, Thomas Ankersmit, and Loré Lixenberg share memories of composer and film maker Phill Niblock, who died on 8 January aged 90

Internationally acclaimed saxophonist, flutist, and composer Anna Webber, the new co-chair of New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Department, brings her multiple talents to Jordan Hall audiences for two February concerts.

As composer, improviser, electronic pioneer, and scholar, Lewis is one of the major musical minds of our time. Alex Ross reports.

Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer takes another creative leap with his latest album Compassion, with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey.

PUBLIQuartet announces their Spring 2024 highlights, including the premiere of 'What Is American: Rhythm Nation' in New York City. They will also collaborate with violinist Diane Monroe and perform with composer and pianist Hiromi.