The distinction between composition and improvisation has always been fraught territory in the discourse surrounding jazz; ...

Why the name?” and “Why the instruments?” are the two most common things we get asked about our group. As a member of The ...

At the African Institute of Music, he is helping Uganda reclaim jazz on its own terms, blending ancestral rhythms with global ...

From the punk-rocking Turnstile and Japanese jazz trumpeter Shuno Ohno to a Belarussian accordion master making his U.S.

This digital piano learning system is designed for anyone, from complete beginners to intermediate players. It combines ...

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If jazz is a city—endlessly rebuilt, its back alleys echoing with invention—then Pavle Zvekic is not merely wandering its streets, but laying down bold new thoroughfares through its neighborhoods.

A Belarus native who now lives in Czechoslovakia, Aliaksandr Yasinski is a virtuoso button-accordion player who can play just about any style with exceptional skill and daring. He will make his U.S.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Oh’s clever compositions, such as Yoda, Lucid Lullaby, Firedancer and Walk Against Wind, often began with her solo statements, the rich wooden sound of her double bass confirming her as one of the ...

Featuring: DONNA BYRNE, vocalist; GRAY SARGENT, guitar; TIM RAY, piano; LES HARRIS JR, drums; MARSHALL WOOD, upright bass.