Preserving the history and advancing the future of Jazz. Music as a gateway to science. We take a deep dive into Jazz music, which some consider America’s classical music. We’ll learn about the ...

George Frederick Bristow, born 200 years ago this month, struggled to find American champions of his music as orchestras ...

American violinist Mark O'Connor has been a sideman for country stars and a soloist with symphony orchestras. Last week, he released his 36th album. But now, O'Connor has undertaken his biggest ...

The very first thing I heard upon landing in D.C. in March 2020 was Donizetti. The Flute Sonata in C, I think. Whatever it was, I took it as a good sign. It was just a standard afternoon selection on ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

LENOX — Ahmad Jamal has frequently referred to jazz as "American classical music," and the great jazz pianist has company in that contention from his illustrious colleague Dr. Billy Taylor, the ...

If many long-term, old school jazz fans are to be believed, the only thing we can – or should – do is celebrate what has come before from masters like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and (the ...

The legendary jazz drummer played with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz. His new memoir tells all—and lays out his own philosophy. This article is an excerpt of Oceans of Time: The Musical ...

Dvorak incorporated many of the distinctive music styles he heard while he was in this country, including Native American Ceremonial music and spirituals into his New World Symphony. We'll enjoy it ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

Rachel was a Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy. A classical liberal arts education broadens students’ horizons beyond the ...

Preserving the history and advancing the future of Jazz. Music as a gateway to science. We take a deep dive into Jazz music, which some consider America’s classical music. We’ll learn about the ...