Later this month, the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau will release his new album Ride Into The Sun, his tribute to the late Elliott Smith. On the LP, Mehldau covers 10 Elliott Smith songs, as well as tracks ...

Like a clip from Ken Burns’ documentary, five musicians are playing jazz in a smoky club. The saxophone is just as smoky, and after his soloing during “My Funny Valentine,” a woman near the front ...

We revisit a 2016 interview when NPR's Robert Siegel spoke with actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin about a jazz album on which he plays piano despite no training. If you're tired of doom scrolling ...

Not so long ago, if critically touted jazz musicians put out an album of pop-tune covers, they would be roasted—or at least scrutinized—for “selling out.” This would be particularly true if they ...

Fans can catch Gaga performing stripped-down versions of her hits for a limited number of performances though Oct. 5 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 ...

Foo Fighters, but it's smooth jazz? Don't croak at the idea. The Dave Grohl-led act's classic "Everlong" has been remade in a jazzy way by prolific YouTuber and Ten Second Songs singer Anthony Vincent ...

Palm trees and sandy beaches were in the air on a chilly December night as we gathered for NPR's annual A Jazz Piano Christmas concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...

We asked Samara Joy, Hanif Abdurraqib, Vijay Iyer and others to share their favorite tracks showcasing what might be the most nuanced instrument in jazz. By Marcus J. Moore Over the past few months, ...