The pervasive sultry sounds and hypnotic syncopations of Latin-America’s artistic heritage have pulsed across the Americas’ ...

Ashby and Bill Strickland, former president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, in 2008 created the Pittsburgh Jazz ...

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.

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 ...

Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular method, but preferred to create his own melodies, and therefore avoided learning to read sheet music. In college Brubeck ... a ...

One bout of COVID, which left Robinson truly fighting for his life, and a couple years later, the performing world slowly ...

Longtime New Orleans-area musician, band leader, educator and military veteran Paul Batiste has died at age 74, his family ...

The award-winning pianist and band leader has been hailed as one of San Diego’s cultural icons. She toured Europe multiple times as the musical director for singer Candye Kane before forming ...

Early on he was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy by his older brother who also played the saxophone. He played in school concert and jazz bands by age 13 ... of the first ...

The Smithsonian’s instrument is a rare, completely original Wurlitzer donated by the estate of Lowell Ayars, a New Jersey music teacher ... console protected by a sheet of plastic.