In April 1974, a year after the break-up of Tomasz Stańko's first great quintet, Zbigniew Seifert gave his first solo violin concert. Another solo gig, two years later, produced the LP Solo Violin ...

Born in Biella in 1993, violinist, composer, improviser, and bandleader Anais Drago is one of the rising stars of Italian jazz. After winning the Italian magazine Musica Jazz poll as the best new ...

Carter, known for her mastery of the violin across multiple musical genres, is a three-time Grammy Award nominee, most recently for best improvised jazz solo on “Pachamama,” on Thana Alexa’s 2020 ...

Any new recording from the spectacular saxophonist James Carter is pretty much guaranteed to produce fireworks. But his new album, Caribbean Rhapsody, is his grandest work yet: It's a collaboration ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Oct. 14, 2010. Jazz musician Vijay Iyer started playing the violin when he was 3, but when he was 4 or 5, he wanted to play another instrument: the piano.