Wayne Shorter

Speaking to the crowd after the second song, Carrington dedicated the show to Wayne Shorter, who had passed away earlier in the day.

Wayne Shorter--who led Weather Report, played with Miles Davis, and more--has died at age 89.

Brandi Carlile, Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt, and Molly Tuttle are also among the 2023 Grammy winners.

Jorja Smith's contribution comes with a video that she calls “a tribute to all the people who have paved the way for Black empowerment and freedom.”

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons...

”Wanted to share songs that have been the soundtrack of my life this year. Hope you all find some songs that can be the soundtrack of yours as well.” - Sharon Van Etten

New documentary 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda' is showing in theaters this summer.

The new album has Norah backed by Wayne Shorter, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Brian Blade.

NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more...

The 2013 Blue Note Jazz Festival starts today in NYC and runs the entire month of June at various venues around the city. Now in its third year, the fest includes a wide range of music, not just strictly jazz...