If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...

What makes a song a standard? How does a tune enter the commonly shared repertoire that jazz musicians have been expected to know at any moment? Tonight, we spin a variety of well-worn standards for ...

Jazz Explorations played one final performance at Gallery Art Bar to finish a January residency on Thursday night.

The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...

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Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually. The coronavirus has claimed its first major jazz club in New York City, and other venues are in danger of ...