For obvious reasons, writing about racism is a painful experience. Jazz is a complex art form and I have always felt that the primary responsibilities of a critic/writer are to educate the public by ...

Jazz is a form of entertainment, but surely it must be far more than that to evoke such a range of ideas and passions that are expressed herein and in all the jazz writing, commentaries, and ...

Joanie Harmon has always loved music and writing, and her award-winning blog about jazz, Making Life Swing, is a way for her to fulfill those two passions. By day, she’s the director of communications ...

Is also one of the saddest. Here's the first paragraph: Jazz writers are a bunch of kids who don't know anything about the music; also, they are a bunch of old men who haven't liked anything new since ...

When I was about 15 and went to see the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins — my main musical inspiration, my idol — for the first time, at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, I fell asleep, which upset me.

Pitchfork’s Allison Hussey speaks with three artists whose bold works are redefining jazz and expanding its appeal to younger and more diverse audiences. Samora Pinderhughes, Cécile Mclorin Salvant ...