Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...
Throughout jazz history there has been a desire among the jazz community to see the music respected on the same level as western classical music. It is after all, jazz is America's classical music. As ...
Other artists in our homage to Spring include Dominik Kisiel, Gigi Gryce, and Charles Mingus. Additional new music from Kurt Elling and the WDR Big Band conducted by Bob Mintzer, Simon Mogul and more.
Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...
Navona and Albany Records will release new classical albums featuring pianists Jackie Leung and David Berry, spotlighting ...
CLASSICAL & JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL PART 1From the straight-ahead “trad jazz” to glimmers of the avant-garde, the Earshot Jazz Festival offers a superb view of jazz today. The 18-day festival ...
Jazz is Black American classical music that can teach and empower people. Mekala Session shares his views on what jazz is and what it can do, informed Horace Tapscott's perspective on music's role in ...
The city that produced such current and former musical pioneers as composer Philip Glass, left-handed pianist Leon Fleischer, ragtime impresario Eubie Blake, and singer Billie Holliday is a city that ...
CLASSICAL & JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL PART 2Jazz fans are by nature a contentious lot. When we wrestle with fiery, fundamental questions like What is jazz? (or, for maximum combustion, What is ...
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