Jazz

This week's listening recommendations are eclectic, to say the least, but well worth your time.

From international legends like Herbie Hancock to the young Australians bringing their lived experiences to the ever-evolving jazz sound, ABC Jazz is one-of-a-kind.

James Valentine grew up listening to jazz on the ABC. Five decades on he's sharing his love of the form on ABC Jazz, which turns 15 on July 1.

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival will host Lisa Simone, the daughter of the late Nina Simone. The Grammy-nominated singer and actress speaks of the legacy of her mother 20 years since her death.

The Generations in Jazz event offers world-class performances and competitions for excited students from around the country.

US jazz pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal dies aged 92 after a career spanning more than seven decades.

Adele's voice is soulful, rich and powerful – but it is in her vulnerability we can really see what an incredible artist she is, writes Narelle Yeo.

The United States vs Billie Holiday focuses on the FBI's racially-motivated campaign to shut down the singer at the height of her career — by weaponising her addiction.

Music band Tyde is among the artists, stallholders, fans and industry heavyweights to react after Byron Bay's Bluesfest 2021 is axed just hours before it is set to begin, calling the move "absolutely disgusting".

After a career that included playing alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, jazz pianist Chick Corea is the artist with the most jazz Grammys in the ceremony's 63-year history.

It's been a long road, tough for jazz vocalist Emma Pask to get back to the stage because of the coronavirus pandemic. But now "the spark is back" as she prepares to perform at a COVID-safe festival in Sydney.

While piano players and trumpeters may loom large in the genre, these 10 singers more than hold their own.

A jazz musician who indecently assaulted a woman at a prestigious music academy in SA avoids conviction, with his lawyer saying it would have harmed his career prospects.

An Adelaide court is presented with a character reference written by Australian jazz musician James Morrison in support of a student who indecently assaulted a woman at his academy.

Instagram concerts, an online musical, theatre via Zoom — this is your guide to where to find the best arts online.

The touching friendship between jazz man James Morrison and his long-time mentor Don Burrows is the focus of this week’s encore program, following Burrows' death from Alzheimer's disease in a Sydney nursing home last month.

In Sydney to open the International Women's Jazz Festival, Wilma Reading toured the world during the genre's golden age — but the "icon and trailblazer" is almost unknown in her home country.

Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco is back with Blondie.

When Grammy-nominated American jazz performer Joey DeFrancesco sold his blonde-coloured Hammond B3 organ over eBay to an Australian bidder, he had one condition. That it be made available when he played in Australia.

He's won 14 Grammy awards, an Oscar and was part of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet, but legendary jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock wants the next generation of jazz stars to avoid duplicating his style and simply be themselves.

The world's largest modular big-top tent finds a temporary home in a paddock in regional South Australia as part of the Generations in Jazz Festival.

A groundswell of public support gives hope that one of Adelaide's first small bars will be able to emerge from a sea of debt to keep its doors open.

Some of Australia's best-known musicians have felt the impact of a song brought across the seas more than 130 years ago.

Gender bias in musical instrument selection hinders women from joining Australia's jazz scene, according to performers at this year's Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Tucked in the back of his farming homestead, Norm Lambert says repairing violins, and hearing a well-kept instrument being played, has been a thrill throughout his life.