NPR Music's Felix Contreras presents some of the stand out performances of beloved holiday tradition, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

For once, with a bit of prodding, Tony DeSare played music critic instead of jazzy piano. Well, kind of. He acknowledged that 6-year-old son Christopher’s recent first public keyboard recital unfolded ...

FILE PHOTO: Prince performs in a surprise appearance on the "American Idol" television show finale at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, U.S., May 24, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello/File Photo ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The shorthand for Norah Jones’ new “Day Breaks” disc is that it’s a “return to roots.” Like most such sound bites, that’s simplistic. Yet the jazzy, piano-based vibe is closer to Jones ...

Inon Barnatan, the brilliant Israeli-born pianist, had never played a lick of Aaron Copland’s music before performing his jazz-imbued 1926 Piano Concerto this season with the St. Louis Symphony. Now ...

Musicians, and Libertyville High School faculty members, Claire Birmingham and Laurel Kaiser will perform French composers with jazzy flair at the David Adler Music and Arts Center on Friday, April 27 ...

Lady Gaga will revive her special “Jazz and Piano” show for a new Las Vegas residency scheduled to kick off later this summer. Gaga debuted her “Jazz and Piano” show — a celebration of jazz standards ...

Miles Davis is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of jazz music. Over the course of his career, he had a significant impact on jazz piano, jazz composition, and jazz ...