Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public. At least, that’s how it used to be. In recent decades they’ve been ...
Founded by veteran executive Joe Fields, Muse Records was established to carry forward the independent jazz ethos of the 1950s and 1960s, following in the footsteps of influential labels like Prestige ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Gunther Schuller, a horn player, educator and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who was the leading proponent of the Third Stream movement fusing jazz and classical music, died Sunday at ...
With five albums to her credit, Strickland is considered a mainstay in jazz, and she’s made her name for herself in classical music, too, playing with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra and as a ...
Paul Cosentino’s Boilermaker Jazz Band brings the sounds of the jazz age and swing era back to life. Interpreting Jazz Classics and The Great American Songbook in their own unique fashion, you’ll hear ...
Czarakcziew and the Jazz Cats is a quartet that has been exploring the boundaries of jazz since 2020, adding a unique element of the cello to this fascinating musical narrative. Founded by cellist ...
At 104, Charlie Burrell is no longer playing music, but he still listens to it, from an old CD player in his room at a senior home in Denver. Along with the CD player, the small room is adorned with ...
Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Collective Snowmass as part of the Jazz Supper Club. The ...
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs. A 1934 portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van ...
While many classic jazz standards live on for decades through countless covers, only a few speak to the queer experience with such profound resonance. “Lush Life” by Billy Strayhorn is a song that ...