Jazz

Baltimore-based songwriter, composer, artist and vocalist Navasha Daya reflects on her music and an upcoming music performance celebrating some of the biggest names in jazz.

Iconic singer, actress and television star Freda Payne takes the stage in Harbor East.

Harpist Brandee Younger discusses how music by Alice Coltrane, Tank and the Bangas, and Dorothy Ashby shaped her work.

Bassist William Parker discusses how Duke Ellington, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor shaped his work.

Baltimore's rich jazz history comes alive on three new releases covering performances from legendary musicians Sonny Stitt, Shirley Scott and Walter Bishop Jr. on the hallowed stage of Left Bank Jazz Society.

Ahead of her weekend gigs at Baltimore's Keystone Korner, the acclaimed jazz vocalist joins us to reflect on her 25-year career as a standout song stylist and vocal educator.

Celebrity alum Rachel Hilson and star of NBC’s drama This Is Us is an honorary chair of the Baltimore School for the Arts annual fundraiser known as Expressions, which doubles as a student showcase.

Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis discusses how tunes by Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sonny Rollins influenced his playing.

Hear how songs by Jimi Hendrix, Yusef Lateef and Robert Wyatt guided jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson's musical development.

We’ll go On the Record with musician Stephen Philip Harvey. Even with three teaching gigs, Harvey found time to write a new album, extolling superheroes he’d watched on Saturday morning cartoons. How did he translate brooding heroes and villains into jazz?