Francis Davis, an articulate and gimlet-eyed cultural critic who achieved an eminent stature in jazz, died on Monday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 78. His wife, Terry Gross, the co-executive ...

Francis Davis, a prolific jazz critic with a sharp eye and ear for music’s cultural context, died on Monday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 78. His wife, Terry Gross, the host of the NPR ...

The jazz great played his last Philadelphia show in 1966 at Temple University, where Davis, as a student, saw Coltrane for the first and only time. Although the sparsely attended show and its ...

Charles McPherson [Photo by Dirk Neven / CC BY 2.0] McPherson has developed a prominent career as a bandleader as well as a composer. His most recent album, Reverence (2024) was composed and ...

Davis, who brings her trio to Dazzle on Oct. 8, tells me “Run” is a way to show her admiration for the magnificent female pianists who have moved her, including the late legends Geri Allen and ...