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Being named an NEA Jazz Master is tantamount to receiving an unofficial, but decidedly legitimate, lifetime achievement award.

Two-album collection with bonuses underlines the musical connections between Ellington's small groups and immediate post-bop jazz stylists

Fifty years ago, Martin Davidson heard the pianist in post-Ornette mode and wandering aimlessly through his composer-wives' tunes

An online campaign to restore a historic basketball court in Pittsburgh is gaining momentum.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) swept onto the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on June 6.

The revered dance company made its welcome return to BAM on June 6 for the first time since 2010 with two programs.

The world-renowned dance troupe will perform two programs at BAM — one featuring the seminal works of Alvin Ailey himself, and the other featuring a distinctly Brooklyn mix of rare and recent works.

In this excerpt from The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets, author Alyn Shipton explores the beginning of saxophonist’s first pianoless quartet featuring Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton and Bob Whitlock.

Rory Gallagher; 50th Anniversary Edition will include a new mix of the original album plus previously unreleased material

The only way Red Garland could make us mad would be to quit playing piano.