Stop if you’ve heard this before. Some refugees from bands join together to form an ad hoc “super group” that sounds pretty much like the outfits they came from. OK, so WRD’s model is as clichéd as ...

It’s no secret that solo albums by metal bassists are all the rage these days, with no less an authority than United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker declaring that “solo bass albums will ...

Justin Gusmano, a 15-year-old musician from Merrick, has just released his debut album “Forever Alive,” a collection of eight original tracks blending jazz, blues and instrumental fusion. The album, ...

Larry Carlton has built his career by performing on countless hit records in the 1970s and 1980s and becoming a Grammy winner ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Veteran saxophonist Rolly Smith acknowledges that when he first started playing in fellow saxman Joe Uzarski’s “avant-fusion” band Space Bar, he found the music really “weird.” ...

Patrick Bartley considers both jazz and Japanese his second languages. The American saxophonist, known for bright bebop solos ...

Named after the woman who helped hundreds of African American slaves escape from servitude in the 1850s, New York City trio Harriet Tubman embody in their music that heroic activist's irrepressible ...

Jazz fusion Grateful Dead Tribute act, Jazz is Dead, have announced they have plans to tour in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their founding. The string of shows will span from Jan. 9 through ...