The D.C. Jazz Fest may be over, but the free music continues in Maryland and Virginia! The 17th annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival returns on Saturday from 3 to 10 p.m., while the 30th annual Rosslyn ...

On Second Springtime, baritone saxophonist Larry Dickson, a mainstay for more than three decades with Cincinnati's renowned Blue Wisp Big Band, leads a quartet sans piano, much like Gerry Mulligan's ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. This week on 8 Tracks, we lead ...

A 100-year-old ballet, composed by a Russian for a French audience, has become something of a standard in an idiom which didn't exist when it... A 100-year-old ballet, composed by a Russian for a ...

This conception of jazz as a means of bringing people together is manifested nowhere better than in Benny Carter (above, 1986). Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000, Archives Center, NMAH The story of ...

Kamasi Washington is a legendary saxophonist and jazz composer, and with the world where it is right now, we wanted to take some time and just listen to some jazz. Washington shares his four picks for ...

The burgeoning Exit 0 International Jazz Festival in Cape May, N.J., expands to springtime this year with a big weekend of music scheduled for May 30 through June 1. Reading native and West Cape May ...

Even though they came at different times and are good for all seasons, this is a batch of small delights that all share a certain brightness and playfulness. They make a fine bill when put together, ...

Spring Jazz at the Falls showcases and fosters an appreciation for all forms of jazz through free, quality, live musical performances. Guests can also enjoy specialty sips, snacks, exclusive giveaways ...