'For you English, football is more important than life or death," says a young jazz fan in Moscow's Dom club, quoting Bill Shankly's famous comment. ... Read

In an art form more celebrated for its sinners, John Coltrane, who somewhere over the rainbow will turn 80 on Saturday, held the honor of being the music's ... Read

Michael Brecker, the versatile tenor saxophonist who died Saturday of leukemia at age 57, was regarded by many musicians and critics as a virtuoso of technique ... Read

Instead of the usual handprint in cement, a bronze bust of the trumpet player has been put on display outside the Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard. For ... Read

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In advance of ‘‘From the Plantation to the Penitentiary,'' his suite of jazz and criticism out today, Wynton Marsalis has said he likes to put out a ... Read

Controversy is emerging over the sexual orientation of British entertainer Sir Elton John with one local religious leader opposed to bringing the singer ... Read

For many years I considered America as my promised land. As a young Jazz musician I was pretty convinced that sooner or later I would end up living in ... Read

This wasn't the greatest year for jazz. Locally and at large, the music appears to be in a holding pattern, trying to find new meaning — or at least a ... Read