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 ...

Filling in for Bartz’s longtime bassist James King is Rueben Rogers, who’s performed around the region dozens of times in ...

But he kept his focus on jazz, celebrating its past while worrying about its future. By Adam Nossiter Francis Davis, a prolific jazz critic with a sharp eye and ear for music’s cultural context ...