For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

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Camille Thurman was aware of her New York City neighborhood's rich jazz history at an early age. "Ella Fitzgerald lived there," Thurman said while calling from her Hudson County, New York, home. "The ...

Explore the best Christmas jazz albums from Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas to 2025 releases by Herb Alpert, Darius de Haas, and more.

The trumpeter took jazz music out of tiny clubs and up the R&B charts…and even onto the dance floor. Donald Byrd was slick. From the high-end sports cars pictured on his album covers to his ...

Forty-three years ago today, Hall & Oates started a four-week run at No. 1 with what would become their biggest hit.

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Once you’ve got the basics of frotting down pat, try increasing the pleasure by intentionally syncing up your breaths with ...

Principal Melissa Kearns, center, delivers a supersized check to Urbana Middle School teachers Rebecca Neihengen, left, and Margarita Gallardo. CUSF board member and Parkland College President Pam Lau ...