For once, with a bit of prodding, Tony DeSare played music critic instead of jazzy piano. Well, kind of. He acknowledged that 6-year-old son Christopher’s recent first public keyboard recital unfolded ...

The history of the jazz piano starts in 1899. By my count, 20 pianists changed the direction of jazz over the course of 75 years. Here are 20 sample tracks in chronological order of those pianists.

FILE PHOTO: Prince performs in a surprise appearance on the "American Idol" television show finale at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, U.S., May 24, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello/File Photo ...

Born Sept. 27, 1924, Powell helped set the style for jazz piano after WWII. While earlier pianists played busy bass patterns, he helped establish a more fragmented, punctuating role for the left hand.

Inon Barnatan, the brilliant Israeli-born pianist, had never played a lick of Aaron Copland’s music before performing his jazz-imbued 1926 Piano Concerto this season with the St. Louis Symphony. Now ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The shorthand for Norah Jones’ new “Day Breaks” disc is that it’s a “return to roots.” Like most such sound bites, that’s simplistic. Yet the jazzy, piano-based vibe is closer to Jones ...

Where are lines of allegiance drawn between jazz and rock when an instrumental trio is as comfortable playing “Iron Man” as it is “My Funny Valentine?” How do you tag a piano, bass and drums unit that ...

Musicians, and Libertyville High School faculty members, Claire Birmingham and Laurel Kaiser will perform French composers with jazzy flair at the David Adler Music and Arts Center on Friday, April 27 ...

Within/Earshot Jazz Festival is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung ...

Lady Gaga will revive her special “Jazz and Piano” show for a new Las Vegas residency scheduled to kick off later this summer. Gaga debuted her “Jazz and Piano” show — a celebration of jazz standards ...