Where the Dark and Light Folks Meet by Randall Sandke: To say this book has been controversial among the jazz scene would be quite an understatement. Commentary by Ethan Iverson and Chris Kelsey have ...

No doubt about it, the "All-Music Guide to Jazz" is a reference that all jazz collectors should have. I am going to resist the temptation to say that if you are a jazz record collector that the AMG is ...

He's worked with legends in his over 60 years as a bassist. Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Chuck Israels joined us to share stories from his new book, "Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture". From ...

As anti-LGBTQ bills continue to flood state legislatures across the country — with nearly 240 thus far — another war is being waged by school districts to ban books from school libraries that center ...

When writer Joey Grihalva told me he was going to put together an illustrated book about Milwaukee jazz, I wished him luck and warned him it might be tough. Part of me wished I could do it, while ...

NPR'S Ayesha Rascoe speaks with jazz musician Mark Turner about his latest album, "Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man." It's based on the book by James Weldon Johnson.

PITTSFIELD -- Clem DeRosa is delighted to be returning to the Berkshires this weekend -- about as pleased as the many who urged Ed Bride, president of BerkshiresJazz.org, to invite DeRosa and his ...

Emily Isabel Strugatsky, known professionally as Emily Isabel, is a 13-year old actress, singer and dancer from Brooklyn, New York. Fluent in Russian, she enjoys trapeze and ballroom dancing and also ...