Michelle Mercer

His radical combination of symphonic and popular music comes eight years after a controversial statement about the word "jazz."

Saxophonist and composer Greg Ward's Stomping Off From Greenwood is a love letter to the city where he came of age as a musician.

The latest album from composer Miguel Zenón, Yo Soy la Tradición, is an eight-part suite written as an homage to his native home of Puerto Rico.

In 2013, jazz composer and alto saxophonist Caroline Davis got some troubling news: Her father had a potentially dangerous condition — arrhythmia. His heart was beating irregularly. Her concern for him lead to a unique, musical response, and a new album.

The jazz saxophonist and composer's new album is a dense work that musically maps the sport of boxing.