Jazz Appreciation Month recognizes Jazz as a fundamental American art form originating from Black historical culture ...
On Friday night, the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble I and special guest trumpeter Jeremy Pelt paid tribute to one of the greatest jazz ...
DAVE DAVIES, BYLINE: This is FRESH AIR. Mention of the label Blue Note Records will evoke a sound familiar to most jazz fans - pristine, warm, as if the greatest musicians of the '60s were playing in ...
You don't have to be a jazz expert to love this iconic tune.
Elmhurst University’s annual Jazz Festival, one of the oldest and best-known collegiate festivals in the region, will bring together musicians from area high schools and colleges, as well as Germany’s ...
If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why jazz and metal have so much in common, and so often appeal to the same ...
Camille Thurman was aware of her New York City neighborhood's rich jazz history at an early age. "Ella Fitzgerald lived there," Thurman said while calling from her Hudson County, New York, home. "The ...
Detroit jazz bassist and educator Marion Hayden named the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist. Award-winning jazz bassist, educator and mentor Marion Hayden has been named the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist, one ...