Ahmad Jamal entered jazz at a time when speed and heated improvisation was still central to the art. He changed all that.

Cameron Lam goes big and bold in this month's Australian Art Music playlist, exploring major works for wind symphony, orchestra, big band, and the stage.

The inaugural International Series shows off the sonic possibilities of Canberra Grammar School’s state-of-the-art Snow Concert Hall.

Composer-musicians Helen Svoboda and Reuben Lewis top a competitive pool of creators in jazz and improvised music.

The British jazz star Tony Coe, famous as the instrumental voice of The Pink Panther movies, has died.

A celebration of transcience, Linda May Han Oh's Ephemeral Echoes deserves a permanent place in the memory and in the canon.

A five-day broadcast celebrates the achievements of female composers across the globe and at home, including Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Ella Macens, Anne Boyd and Hildegard von Bingen.

Wayne Shorter, the American jazz saxophonist and composer, has died in in Los Angeles, aged 89.

Geared to “grassroots” projects, the funding package will seek to reverse the 50% decline in the number of NSW music venues in recent years.

SIMA's Dundun Firestick lacked thematic cohesion but was made wholly satisfying by talented musicians exploring diverse but equally important themes.

Time and tides are explored and celebrated in SIMA's adventurous Jazz: NOW summer festival.

Linda May Han Oh’s Ephemeral Echoes explores the nature of transience and time, and brings the composer home to Perth for its world premiere.