New Application Deadline: December 31, 2024 With the eleventh edition of our international improvised music contest, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting talent from around the world and across all ...

Tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and jazz pianist Larry Goldings practice their musical performance together at Goldings' home studio. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a quiet backyard nestled ...

COMMUNITY CAUSES: The St. Tammany Farmer routinely features north shore nonprofits, but will take a deeper look at one smaller charity per month in 2022. We urge the community to support some of these ...

Allentown JazzFest, which announced this month it would have a film component for its second year, has released details on the film offerings, with two of three also offering improvised jazz ...

It’s a little ironic that pianist Darrell Grant is receiving the 2019 Portland Jazz Master at the PDX Jazz Festival. For while the jazz he’s played since arriving in 1996 certainly merits the city’s ...

Flutist Ellen Burr and bassist Jeff Schwartz continue their monthly third Thursday residency at the Industry Cafe & Jazz in Culver City, known as "Thirdsdays," into the new year. Each month these two ...

Jazz is a particular style of music with its origins in African American traditions. There is smooth jazz, Dixieland jazz, orchestral jazz and many other styles. All of it is rhythmic and holds a beat ...

KALAMAZOO --Jazz is more than 100 years old, and some people still don't get it. Jazz is played in restaurants and elevators, taught in high schools and colleges, and still it challenges the minds of ...

When Madison-area residents gather at the Bourbon Street Grill two Sundays every month, it’s not because the Green Bay Packers are playing. Instead, it’s to hear the Madison Jazz Jam improvise to a ...

The Philosophy Of Jazz article by Ian Patterson, published on December 30, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Book Review articles ...