Kenny Werner is a rare musician who is known as much for his teachings and wisdom as for his piano playing and composing. He has played with Joe Lovano, Betty Buckley, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Toots ...

Harmony is created when many melodies happen at once, he says, weaving a tapestry of sound that can tug at our emotions and remind us of the great thrill of what it means to be human. If you ask him ...

Music contains notes in succession (melody) or notes in combination. When notes are played at the same time it is called harmony. The type of harmony created in a piece of music or a song is the ...

Soul Jazz's latest compilation focuses on British lovers rock, the softer, more feminine counterpart to the politicized roots reggae that soundtracked radical social and racial events in 1970s and 80s ...

Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a three-part series on the annual Christmas Tour of Homes. Four homes in West Feliciana Parish and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will be opened to the ...

A lot of Renaissance instrumental music is decorated with ornaments. These include mordents, trills and turns. They appear in a lot of keyboard and lute music of the time. A mordent is formed by ...