Jazz

Dozens of notable jazz musicians died this year, many from COVID-19. Fresh Air critic Kevin Whitehead remembers some of the legends lost, including Bucky Pizzarelli, Ellis Marsalis and Jimmy Heath.

At his weekly gigs in L.A. — and now on a new live album — you'll find the actor playing keys one moment, holding court with attendees the next and just generally being ... well, Jeff Goldblum.

When Lakewood High School’s band director Michael Kernodle walked through the music room door eight years ago, he found one marching band, no equipment…

Want to hear more about live music in the Tampa Bay area?Florida Matters host Robin Sussingham sat down with Florida Matters producer Stephanie Colombini…

Want to hear more about live music in the Tampa Bay area?Florida Matters host Robin Sussingham sat down with Florida Matters producer Stephanie Colombini…

The Tampa Bay area boasts some world class performing arts venues. But you don't have to pay big ticket prices to hear great music. As part of WUSF’s…

The Tampa Bay area boasts some world class performing arts venues. But you don't have to pay big ticket prices to hear great music. As part of WUSF’s…

Strolling through the halls of the University of South Florida School of Music you can hear students in various practice rooms. But inside Director of…

During his final Saturday Night Jazz broadcast on WUSF 89.7, Bob Seymour took us back to his small Illinois hometown.“For me it was one of the first…

Sharon Preston-Folta grew up knowing that jazz great Louis Armstrong was her father. When she was little, she and her mom rode the tour bus with him. And…

Kenny Drew Jr., a Bay Area pianist and composer known to jazz audiences around the world, died this past Sunday. WUSF 89.7 Jazz Director Bob Seymour…

For more than 30 years, the jazz pianist hosted one of public radio's most beloved shows. She died of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 95. McPartland spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1987.