All musical genres – folk, rock or even classical – have included elements of improvisation. But in jazz, improvisation provides the entire foundation. In 1949 the jazz trumpeter leads his new ...

Playing a multi-night stand in Boston represents an opportunity and a challenge for a musician like Robert Glasper.

The Jazz Education Network Conference (JEN) is an annual four-day event that welcomes jazz musicians and ensembles from ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

All musical genres – folk, rock or even classical – have included elements of improvisation. But in jazz, improvisation provides the entire foundation. Putting the emphasis on the offbeats ...

We need to get back to the roots of the music and grow to bring in new people otherwise who are we trying to share it with?” ...

The Liverpool creative collective’s latest music history artwork features a complex circuit diagram that pays homage to a piece of equipment that’s been instrumental to the jazz genre Jazz Love ...

December 31, 2024 • NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich turns us on to lesser known corners of music from 2024: blooming drone-folk, richly textured jazz, Somali garage-rock, medieval metal and a ...

Here are the general findings in jazz music: jazz styles such as swing ... There were different band line ups for each type of jazz genre. Here are some of the most common line ups.

There’s a reason why: His pioneering work as a bandleader and (mostly) vibraphonist in the Latin jazz genre is an irresistible entwining of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz fundamentals that immediately ...