For decades Sacramento was known as the “epicenter” of traditional jazz. The city hosted one of the world's largest trad jazz festivals, originally called The Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee, ...

When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, ...

Jazz drummer and vibraphonist Jason Marsalis has, in the words of fellow musician David Torkanowsky, swapped New Orleans for old Orléans. In early July, Marsalis, his wife, their three young daughters ...

Annie and the Fur Trappers headline the Bay State Hot Jazz Festival in Medford this weekend. Their front woman spoke to GBH Music about the magic of ‘20s jazz, and what to expect at the free festival.