LAKELAND — Jazmin Ghent's parents had such love for jazz that they made it part of their firstborn daughter’s name. She didn't let her parents down. She is an accomplished saxophonist, specializing in ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

Jazz musicians are the innovative artists who create and perform jazz, a uniquely music style born in New Orleans in the early 1900s. These musicians blend improvisation, rhythm, and personal ...