In one way or another, most of the Italian jazz action in New York bears the fingerprints of Enzo Capua, an Italian resident of the city and a tireless promoter of good music in general... There is a ...

The international jazz scene has been a major focus in recent editions of this column. This month we turn to Italy. The emergence of Italian jazz has long been felt in the U.S. primarily through the ...

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, ...