Jeff Coffin and Bill Evans’ Super Nova, Dara Starr Tucker, Kirk Whalum and many more celebrate the richness of jazz in Music City at 3rd and Lindsley
Ron Wynn
3rd and Lindsley is the Nashville Scene’s 2026 Writers’ Choice for Best Venue for Top-Notch Blues in Nashville. The crew does it more consistently — in terms of both artistic variety and frequency of gigs — than anywhere else.
Nashville Jazz Festival, whose inaugural run brought more than 70 mostly local musicians together for hours and hours of outstanding performances, is the Nashville Scene’s 2026 Writers’ Choice for Best New Festival in Nashville.
Ear Up Records, which cultivates acts with imagination and creativity in the jazz realm, is the Nashville Scene’s 2026 Writers’ Choice for Best Label in Nashville.
The 21st annual IBFF will take place Sept. 30-Oct. 4 at multiple venues
Talking with the renowned jazz musician and educator about his new book ‘Songs You Thought You Knew’
In advance of three special events, checking in with the ensemble’s Kendra Smith
Sitting down with the funk legend at the National Museum of African American Music
7 p.m. May 29 at Eastside Bowl