Across five decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has experienced its share of offstage drama and onstage magic. Ahead of Thursday's opening of the historic 50th anniversary Jazz Fest, ...

Origin stories in the still-young-ish wild frontier of jazz festival culture can be fascinating case studies in feisty pioneer spirit. Take the Western Norwegian Vossa Jazz Festival, an important stop ...

FOR THOSE NON RESIDENTS. HEY, YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT DEAL. ALL RIGHT. SO LISTEN, WE KNOW THAT JAZZ FEST IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. WHETHER YOU’RE LOCAL OR NOT. BUT LISTEN ONE NEW ORLEANS ...

After sharing my list of 50 essential jazz albums, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the process. In this follow-up video, I talk about how I made the selections, which albums were tough to ...