Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, ...

August 1960 was a grueling month for Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. When the hard bop quintet went into the studio to record on August 7th for Blue Note, the Messengers completed five tracks, ...

My fellow Americans, jazz fans, and NPR Music browsers around the globe: There is a U.S. presidential election contest going on, as I'm sure you've noticed. But I come to you today on the birthday ...

Jazz drummer Art Blakey brought a propulsive, irresistible swing to his playing, an intensity that drove his ensembles like dry leaves before the wild hurricane. “He was a volcano,” said Gordon ...

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.