“Larry Vuckovich isn’t just Bay Area jazz royalty. With his exquisite touch, encyclopedic command of modern jazz keyboard idioms and uncommon rhythmic facility, the pianist…

“Pharez Whitted, a larger-than-life Chicago trumpeter who consistently projects strength and power, couldn’t speak. He tried to. But as he started to mouth the words,…

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Mario Grigorov studied classical music until he fell in love with jazz. When he was a child, his parents performed in…

“Fred Wesley found notoriety playing with James Brown. So it might surprise you that he actually has some jazz cred of his own. That’s how…

“As the golden age of postwar jazz recedes, the surviving giants of that era loom ever larger. Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter is one of…

“Ten years ago the Mobo awards suspended its jazz and world music categories. I was relieved to see the world music category go in light…