Political conscience occupies a special place in the quintessence of modern jazz, fueling, in its most heated moments, the stuff of blunt insurrection. It remains to be seen whether Political Blues, ...

It should be a celebration for the senses at the 30th Erie Blues & Jazz Festival at Frontier Park from Friday through Sunday. An extensive variety of blues and jazz music acts, film screenings, dance ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...

The post Nandi Bushell Plays Saxophone on Jazz Cover of New Orleans Rhythm Kings’ “Tin Roof Blues”: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Nandi Bushell continues to impress with her latest cover ...

The address was 3503 S. State St., but Mezz Mezzrow thought he was in heaven when he met Sidney Bechet at the Deluxe Café. White and in love with the music born in Black communities in Louisiana, ...

Long recognized as an avant-garde fixture with creativity up the wazoo, the World Saxophone Quartet has a language all its own. Its four-part harmony flows worlds apart from the norm while its ...