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The Seattle-based composer brings together 60 musicians to celebrate the legacies of Butch Morris, Sun Ra, and Julius ...

New Orleans is known as the birthplace of not only Jazz but also some jazzy musicians ... then it must be that “Voodoo.” In modern-day Orleans, the music caters to all ages, creeds and demographics.

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy gives her picks for 10 albums that provide the perfect fall backdrop, from Miles Davis to Etta Jones ...

Putting words to music can lead to immortality. Unfortunately, not all sentiments expressed in songs deserve to live forever. Systemic racism has been known to work itself into music, via lyrics ...

Every month, Consequence puts the spotlight on rising artists with CoSign. For September 2024, we can’t get enough of New York band MICHELLE and their new album, Songs About You, Specifically. The ...

Katharine Whalen’s Jazz Squad stopped by Live ... “We came in with maybe 16 songs, (and) we did an epic one-day session” with Modern Harmonic’s Jay Millar, Whalen says.

Who knew that jazz legends like Louis Armstrong was an ... a “history lesson in the traditional sense,” given its use of songs in lieu of narration. “The music binds this all together ...

Some songs emphasize lament and others joy and ... and theatrical musical expressions. The spectrum of modern jazz on the album is “not what one would immediately associate with the setting ...

they incorporate that city's legacy in a thoroughly modern jazz-funk fusion. Even when dipping into their deep well of songs, the arrangements are fresh and current. Original member Bill Summers ...

The Barber Brothers’ training includes virtually every significant resource in modern jazz education. Their experiences include the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Camps, the Essentially Ellington ...