Makaya McCraven

Polarizing, cool, and in your face — jazz and hip hop are similar that way. Terae Stefon takes a look at the history and connection for Jazz Appreciation Month.

Many modern jazz musicians featured at this month's Portland Jazz Festival will also play in Seattle.

The Earshot Jazz Festival returns to venues all over Seattle (*and beyond) from Oct. 4 through Nov. 6, and this week The New Cool highlights a few of the…

Multi-instrumentalist Tim Conley, performing as MAST, has just released a new collection of Thelonious Monk tunes. "Another one?" I hear you saying. Well,…