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The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival has announced its headliners, and organizers said the festival on Oct. 4-6 will have the same number of stages despite earlier financial concerns.

It’s almost time for the 43rd annual Denton Arts & Jazz Festival this weekend at Quakertown Park.

Dennis Gonzalez' family pays tribute to beloved jazz musician's legacy.

‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ was the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera of New York.

A new documentary playing at the Dallas International Film Festival explores the Booker T. Washington alum's contribution to jazz and his place among the all-time greats.

Gonzalez’s contributions to experimental jazz spanned decades and reached across the globe.

The American jazz saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan at age 85.

When you're listening to KERA, there's a separate station running on a subfrequency of 90.1. Only special radios for people who have trouble seeing or…

A lot of non-profits preach music education for kids, but a local jazz legend is keeping his simple.Every year, Freddie Jones hands out about a dozen…

The Summer Solstice on June 21 celebrates the year’s longest day. But commentator Rawlins Gilliland says he longs for life after dark.I have always loved…

Scientists have found rappers and jazz musicians use their brains in similar ways when it comes to improvisation. Brain scans show distinct differences in which parts of the brain are most active during rap performances of memorized pieces compared with those that are done freestyle.