Jazz
Mancini Already Hired His Saxophonist Before Finishing 'The Pink Panther Theme': The Melody Was Built Around Him
Sonny Rollins Is Gone. 'Tenor Madness,' His Only Recording With Coltrane, Proves Why He Was One of the Greatest Saxophonists Who Ever Lived
Olivia Dean's 'So Easy' Sounds Effortlessly Sweet, but the Secondary Dominant Pulls It Toward the Minor Key Feel
'Take Five' Is Unlike Any Other Jazz Piece, and Al Jarreau Made It Feel Effortless on International Jazz Day
'All the Things You Are' Moves Through Five Keys. It Became a Bebop Blueprint
The Amazing Digital Circus Made Caine's Villain Song Sound Joyful: That's What Makes It Disturbing
Lover Girl: Laufey's "Elegant Fusion" Earns ASCAP Recognition and a Deluxe Encore
Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' Was a French Pop Song First: Now Paul Anka Is Getting the BMI Icon Award for What He Did to It
Norah Jones and Josh Homme Singing 'Somethin' Stupid' Shouldn't Work. Here's Why It Does.
Flea Plays Frank Ocean's 'Thinkin Bout You' on Trumpet: Inside the Arrangement From His Solo Debut
Oscar Peterson's 'Hymn to Freedom': How Gospel Passing Chords Became a Civil Rights Anthem
Ella Fitzgerald Quoted Wagner and Gershwin Mid-Solo on ‘Blue Skies’ and Made It Sound Like They Belonged There
Chick Corea’s ‘Spain’ Finds New Soul in Barbora Botošová’s 2026 Romani-Inspired Violin Performance
Inside “My Funny Valentine”: How Rodgers & Hart Crafted Jazz’s Definitive Bittersweet Love Song
Is the Super Mario Bros. Theme Jazz? Here’s How Its Harmony Works
From ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ to Today’s Charts: Why Jazz Still Shapes Pop Music
The Bad Plus Mark the End of a 26-Year Run: How They Changed Modern Jazz
Major Music Works Enter the Public Domain in 2026: What Musicians Need to Know
This Jazz Classic Sounds Wild in an 11/8 Arrangement: Jesús Molina’s Take on Dizzy Gillespie Classic
Frank Sinatra Loathed ‘Strangers in the Night,’ Yet It Became One of the Legendary Singer’s Most Successful Tunes
Giving Thanks in 3/4: A Jazz Classic (Performed by Isaiah J. Thompson) To Start Your Holiday Season
It’s a Timeless Jazz Classic, but This Version of ‘Autumn Leaves’ Gives It a Completely New Perspective
