French composer Michel Legrand, who today performed a concert in Armenia's capital Yerevan, sais 'I want to express my music in images.'

For his concerts, he prepares the piano with various materials such as eraser bits and carved wooden twigs; the result is a complex, spacious sound that hardly seems to be emanating from a single instrument.

France throws it down to New York in "Crossing the Line," a cultural festival the New York Times calls one of the world’s “most exciting and thought provoking”

Award-winning jazz act The Neil Cowley Trio, have showcased work from their new album at a concert held at the University.

Veteran jazz pianist Herbie Hancock has won the album of the year prize at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has died. He was 82.

Music is said to be the universal language, and jazz, in particular, travels well from one culture to the next. A recent conference in Los Angeles looked at the ties forged by jazz between France and the United States. Mike O'Sullivan spoke with noted French pianist Rene Urtreger about the influence of jazz in his country.

He did jail time on Rikers Island, played the requisite dances with record labels and pioneered the bass-drum saxophone accompaniment known as strolling.

Two "smooth jazz" superstars have teamed up for a new album that goes hand-in-hand with a little rest and relaxation. VOA's Doug Levine tells us about R n R, featuring the long-awaited collaboration between trumpeter Rick Braun and tenor saxophonist Richard Elliot.

One of the world's longest-running jazz festivals celebrates a milestone anniversary this month (9/21-9/23) with a lineup of jazz stars that's likely to draw a record-breaking attendance.

Pioneering Austrian jazz pianist Joe Zawinul - founder of the jazz-rock group Weather Report - has died. Hospital officials say Zawinul died Tuesday in Vienna at age 75. Austrian media reports say he had been suffering from cancer.

Vancouver played host again this summer to its 22nd International Jazz Festival. During the 10-day event at the end of June, a wide spectrum of music enlivened the city.