John Abercrombie

A jazz guitar great who has pushed the boundaries of the genre will play a free concert at an area college this week. John Abercrombie, who over a career of 40 years has released nearly 50 albums and played with......

Drummer Jack DeJohnette is having a very good year. In January, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, widely considered the country's highest jazz honor. Subsequent accolades from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in February and...

Chicago always has produced jazz giants, larger-than-life figures whose art towers over that of mere mortals. Who are today's Chicago jazz giants? Following is an annotated guide to some of the titans who will be performing during the fall season: Art...

We're tuning out this week with two headphones, including a noise-cancellation model, that show how much you can get for $200 to $300. Audio-Technica ATH-ANC9 QuietPoint noise-canceling headphones Price: $350 (sometimes available as low as $230 online),...

The organization announces a full slate of shows that also include dates with Bill Frisell, Paco DeLucia and Rosanne Cash....

Charles Lloyd rested his tenor saxophone at one point at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center on Saturday night and told the audience his younger quartet mates were "the best musicians in the world." The tribute raised a grateful smile......

Incorporating elements from Indian music into jazz hasn’t been a particularly new idea for decades, but leave it to celebrated Indian-American pianist Vijay Iyer to take the long-running tradition a step further. No stranger to incorporating...

In only its second year, L.A.'s own Angel City Jazz Festival was one of the highlights of 2009, with a two-day blend of rich, forward-thinking jazz at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater last Labor Day Weekend. Yet this is a......