KCCK Jazz Radio 88.3 DJ Hollis Monroe introduces the next song during his show “Midday Jazz with Hollis Monroe” at the radio station’s studio at Kirkwood Community College in southwest Cedar Rapids, ...

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Germaine Bazzle, the grand dame of New Orleans jazz vocalists, was done singing. She was nearly 90. The pandemic had shuttered music venues. And after a lifetime spent in clubs and classrooms, the ...

90 year old pianist Marty Napoleon reinvents himself and plays in the electro-swing style of jazz on his first new album in decades. Marty Napoleon is best known for playing piano with Louis Armstrong ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Wynton Marsalis is a name that carries weight in both jazz and classical music. A gifted trumpeter, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) John Coltrane, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, revolutionized the genre with his innovative techniques, spiritual depth, and breathtaking improvisation. His ...

If you love 90s songs and indie music, we’ve got a treat for you. These 10 indie songs from the 1990s were quite popular when they first came out, but have since been partly forgotten in favor of ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

From modern jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette to masterful scatter and vocalist Nancy King, KNKX remembers the lives of notable jazz musicians who passed away this year.