The music of The Microscopic Septet was the sound of jazz in 20th C. America: all of it, from Ellington to Ayler, bebop to Zorn, Dixieland to experimental, captured in a microcosm. It distilled the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Beethoven started composing his Septet for strings and winds in E-flat in 1799. It's in the style of a ...

When it comes to obscure objects, Copeland’s Septet (also called Hickson Compact Group 57) ranks with the best of them. Ralph Copeland discovered this group in the spring of 1874 while employed by ...

The Danish jazz scene is very alive and eclectic as shown by Origin, composer and guitarist Morten Kargaard's beautiful album that defies all attempts at attaching a label. The question, “What is jazz ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Novel Jazz Septet will present a musical matinee featuring works by ...

Beethoven’s Septet has been one of his most popular chamber works ever since it was written. It was first performed in 1800, and was quite innovative for the time. The clarinet for example, has a role ...

Masterful trumpeter and band leader Wynton Marsalis made good on his tradition of an annual visit to Santa Barbara, again hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures at the Granada Theatre last week. One major ...

This week’s small-telescope target is the Blue Planetary, also known as NGC 3918 in the constellation Centaurus the Centaur. This nice object lies 3.6° west-northwest of magnitude 2.8 Delta (δ) Crucis ...