On a summer morning in 1958, photographer Art Kane brought together 77 jazz musicians for the legendary photo A Great Day in ...

In 1994, director Jean Bach gave us "A Great Day in Harlem," a one-hour documentary that peels back the remarkable story ...

As a jazz performer with a career spanning decades, I've seen the music industry and jazz scene continually evolve, embracing radio, television, the internet, and beyond to grow and interact with the ...

KMHD Jazz Radio is celebrating its 40th year on the air this month. KMHD is the top-rated jazz station in the nation at a time when full-time jazz radio stations are rare. It has been a staple of the ...

The early development of radio was distinctly not American. Sharing a common purpose with the early drums of Africa and Asia, its purpose was strategic and tactical communication and signaling, and ...

Let's talk about you. Every year, NPR's Audience Insight and Research division publishes a study that profiles the public radio audience for the demographic data, plus tastes and preferences. This ...

Known for his three-decade tenure at WBGO in New York City, jazz radio host Rob Crocker passed away on March 7. Crocker was also a famed part of the Tokyo radio scene, where he introduced Japanese ...

NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Two legendary members of Denver’s KUVO JAZZ announced it’s time for them to call it quits for their careers, while the ...

The advent of bebop added a fresh sound to American music. It also added new voices to some metropolitan radio stations: the late-night jazz DJs who specialized in presenting this new music to their ...

Eric Jackson, a jazz host who inspired audiences in Boston for decades, died on Saturday morning. He was 72 years old. Jackson came from music. He was the son of jazz enthusiast Sam Jackson. In a ...