Jazz is smooth and sweet and Chicago made it famous, taking the music that originated in New Orleans, and putting a new spin on it.

Two-time Grammy winner Kurt Elling, a man who the New York Times called "the standout male jazz vocalist of our time," gave CBS News Chicago a tour through the city's jazz culture, past and present.

From America250 to Miles Davis, not to mention the echoes of Jazz Day and full summer at Ravinia, our critic’s picks for the ...

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Flea tore through a 90 minute jazz-fueled escape, touring in support of his new solo album 'Honora.' ...

Before the UNESCO International Jazz Day Global Concert kicked off on Thursday night, the Lyric Opera House buzzed with excitement. “I’m giddy,” said Elizabeth Sprattling, 60, of Chicago Heights, who ...

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop ...

By the end of his life, no jazz musician of his importance was left—but then again, hardly anyone ever reached Rollins’s ...

There was something Buddha yet cool-as-all-hell about Ahmad Jamal. Who else would give the whole story away with the set-opening, barn-raising ingenuity of "Ahmad's Song"—a CV of everything Jamal—his ...

Medical professionals say that moving to music is a great way for older adults to stay healthy as they age because it engages the brain and the body.

Like a handful of other works – think Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” – it is absolutely ubiquitous. A cultural icon. It can be seen everywhere from postcards to T-shirts to mugs ...