Donal Dineen explores the ‘staggering’ sound of the traditional instrument, with the help of rich visuals

As a teenager, Liebman saw Coltrane play and was hooked. More than 50 years on, the saxophonist and jazz evangelist can’t believe that he rose to fill the shoes of his idol

A look at some significant points in the late singer-songwriter’s life and career

I aspire to do in my writing what the best jazz does, which is to create excitement, emotional depth and complexity, which are also the essential elements of good fiction

The New Jersey boy, who has been hailed as the future of drumming, says jazz and electronic music equally informed his style

The leader of the new school tells about joining the dots between Snoop Dogg and jazz, his on-the-road education – and why music is such a complicated thing

The Irish films of 2014 were ’Out of Here’ and ’Frank’

Want to see James Brown, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and other megastars in concert for free? Head to YouTube for a trove of live music films

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter has been at the heart of jazz for six decades. His tunes are like Beckett plays in melody and harmony, and his answers aren’t exactly straightforward either

Watts has played with Marvin Gaye and the Jackson Five, as well as being one of the most respected jazz saxophonists of his generation

Jamal, one of the most celebrated pianists in American music, doesn’t conform to the stereotype of jazz men of his generation. But then, he doesn’t even call it jazz

The Sunday show, a mixture of jazz and giving out, is becoming cult listening, mainly for the darkness of Byrne’s presentation. His subject matter takes in everything from the pope’s fitness and spitting to Pat Kenny’s move

Paul Howard chats to ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ collaborator Gerry Harrison about Tara Browne (the reputed subject of ‘A Day in the Life’), 1967 and LSD

In 1959, two days in a New York studio changed jazz forever – for the drummer chosen by Miles Davis, however, it was ‘just another date’

A new European festival matches musicians and fuses their sounds. Just don’t mention the J-word

Chris Dave has a client list that includes Beyoncé, Adele and D’Angelo – and now he’s bringing his Drumhedz outfit to Dublin