This is FRESH AIR. Here on the show, we memorialize jazz composer Benny Golson and drummer Roy Haynes. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers a few more musicians who passed in 2024. For some of ...

Jack DeJohnette, who has died aged 83, was one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz, working with the likes of Sonny ...

Louie Bellson, 84, widely considered one of the world's greatest drummers, who played with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie, died Feb. 14 in California of complications from ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Here in Music City, we do love a bit of music history. This piece of history is coming to us from an unexpected place, but it's very much a part of the American story.

Jazz music has soared across the globe, and these cities are the ultimate spots to experience just how diverse this incredible genre has become.