Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is a technical wizard on the keyboard with a deep understanding of music and a passion for performing.

This week's Piano Jazz presents an episode from the early years of the program with guest Jess Stacy (1904 – 1995), who came out of retirement to appear on the show in 1982.

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the earliest publication of a jazz composition, Jelly Roll Morton ’s “Original Jelly Roll Blues.” This B-flat major foxtrot was originally published as ...

Jimmy McPartland said he began playing jazz while in high school in Chicago: "We got the instruments through my father, who used to teach music — he sold them to my friends very cheaply." ...

The title of this disc is something of a misnomer, but one with the best intentions. Recorded in 1957 by pianist Erwin Helfer and jazz historian William Russell, it presents a modest sampling of blues ...

McCoy Tyner, a cornerstone of John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1960s quartet and one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, died on Friday at his home in northern New Jersey. He was 81 ...