If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why jazz and metal have so much in common, and so often appeal to the same ...

Sometimes musicians with serious chops take their music a little too seriously. Others, however, manage to combine talent and humor in a way that proves infectious. The Ed Palermo Big Band is one of ...

Following the 14-week #1 run of his single "It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue" on the Roots Music Report Jazz Song Chart, ...

Justin Gusmano, a 15-year-old musician from Merrick, has just released his debut album “Forever Alive,” a collection of eight original tracks blending jazz, blues and instrumental fusion. The album, ...

It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, ...