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The award-winning composer and arranger, 23, explored every opportunity he could in the College of Arts and Sciences’ ...
I used to be a professional transcriber—and now, I'm sharing my full collection with you. This video gives you an inside look at my massive archive of jazz piano transcriptions, including complete ...
Atlanta-based drummer “Lil” John Roberts has worked with legends like Janet Jackson, Prince and Stevie Wonder. Now, he is mentoring younger musicians and uplifting sonic art.
Ashby and Bill Strickland, former president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, in 2008 created the Pittsburgh Jazz ...
The pervasive sultry sounds and hypnotic syncopations of Latin-America’s artistic heritage have pulsed across the Americas’ ...
A landmark hit that reached No. 69 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, “Witchi Tai To” was the first time many Americans explicitly heard the influence of Native American music in jazz. In truth, while jazz ...
For anyone who loves free-form avant-jazz ... drums, and laptop in the basement, the two spent nearly a week recording 300 hours of freeform jams, many of them one take. Instead of bringing sheet ...
As its reach continues to expand, The History of Jazz Drums is emerging as an invaluable reference tool for jazz scholars, a teaching resource for university music programs, and a hidden gem for jazz ...
April is Jazz Appreciation ... addition to releasing her own music. This performance, which features Nicole Pesce on piano, Mel Brown on bass and Sheila Early on drums, is part of the ...
A concert commemorating the 80 th anniversary of the Second World War is bound to be emotionally demanding. Some orchestras would shy away from the idea, but that’s not the Britten Sinfonia’s ...
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A Manhattan School of Music alum, Crockett considers herself “a musician who comes out of the jazz tradition, the Black music tradition, where jazz artists take established forms and reimagine ...