But unlike some cities, Kansas City’s musical heritage remains woven into its streets, neighborhoods and landmarks.

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers. Through concerts at ...

HONOLULU, HAWAII — Gabe Baltazar is one of the few Asian Americans to achieve worldwide acclaim as a jazz artist. The versatile musician played saxophone and clarinet with some of the biggest names in ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Louis Armstrong playing in Rome in 1959. You can visit his house in Queens, New York, and see how he lived for the last 30 years of his life. Vittoriano Rastelli/Corbis Whether you listen to jazz or ...