As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

ECM regularly tops lists of the best jazz labels though their full name—Edition of Contemporary Music—would argue for a broader scope of content. A substantial number of their most popular albums, ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

WEBVTT RTIST IN NEW ORLEANS. SCOT CHARLES DIVINS HAS THE STORY. NEW ORLEANS, A CITY WITH A RICH HISTORY. TWO LEGENDS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO CARRY THAT TRADITION ON. ♪ >> LEO NOCENTELLI, THE LEGENDARY ...

The tenor sax is a jazz instrument. The paradigmatic jazz instrument, if I may thrown in a $50 word. How many tenor sax sonatas or concertos can you think of that feature the tenor as a solo, or even ...

Howard Levy’s played the harmonica for almost 50 years. He’s really the first to turn the diatonic harmonica into a jazz instrument. And yet, he’s still trying to figure it out. He hears John Popper, ...

Most people do not immediately associate Asian-Americans with jazz, so the appeal of the Seventh Annual Asian-American Jazz Festival in Chicago was somewhat limited. This festival proved that ...

LAST YEAR. AND STUDENTS AT FERN CREEK ELEMENTARY RECEIVED A SPECIAL GIFT FROM A LOCAL JAZZ ARTIST AND THEIR TEACHER THIS WEEK, JAMEY AEBERSOLD PAID A VISIT TO THE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AND TAUGHT KIDS NEW ...

Bass is one of the most important instruments in a jazz orchestra, being the foundation of music and the baseline of harmonies and melodies. Bass is generally considered to be a relatively easy ...