I'm thrilled to have you back for the second month of “Jazz & Juice“--thanks to all of you who made April's adventure all the more fun with your comments on the article, video, and podcast. I'm ...

A lot of jazz people love The Modern Jazz Quartet, but maybe not all the time. Some of them just wait for the parts when vibraphonist Milt Jackson gets to swinging — that was also Jackson's favorite ...

Time has a way of sweeping some jazz stars away while leaving others top of mind. One supergroup that seems to be disappearing from the public consciousness is the Modern Jazz Quartet. In the 1950s, ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Four celebrated jazz musicians of the 21st century are paying homage to jazz’s most celebrated historic foursome ...

“Musicians like Mozart and Beethoven could make up an extended riff at the drop of a hat,” said Darrell Grant in a phone call from his office at Portland State University, where he is the professor of ...

Starting in 1946, The Modern Jazz Quartet has existed as a great, but perhaps obscure group compared to luminaries such as Duke Ellington (with whom they once worked with), Cab Calloway, Oscar ...

Jazz music can provide the perfect musical accompaniment to those wanting to take it easy, and this summer, there are no shortage of concerts and events to do just that. The Jazz Arts Group will offer ...

Pianist Aaron Diehl will perform the music of The Modern Jazz Quartet at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe on Thursday, Jan. 19. The Aaron Diehl Trio partners with vibraphonist Jason ...

Postmodern Jazz Quartet performed a lively jazz set on March 2, at Morgenstern’s Bookstore & Café Jazz Salon event. The performance featured music from Keith Jarrett’s album “Standards” which was a ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...