New Age music ... it's seen better days. But now it's making a comeback—thanks in no small part to pianist/composer Edward Weiss. Weiss, who owns and operates Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music, posted ...

I have a friend. I will not say his name. But he is to me what Charles Swann was to Marcel, the main character in Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. My friend, who is a man about town, will often, ...

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

The Urbana Pops Orchestra, celebrating its 15th birthday and led by its founder, Stephen L. Larson, gave a concert last Saturday in the Urbana High School auditorium. The orchestra, comprising ...

Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...

The book traces how swing, bebop, and big band music arrived in Bombay in the early 20th century, shaped the city's nightlife, and eventually found their way into the DNA of Bollywood film scores.

Assessing the best jazz albums of any current year could be a tricky affair. The tricky part lies in the term current, as during any given year there is a slew of reissued jazz albums that can ...

After a seven-year hiatus, Saturday morning music lessons have returned to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. The Birmingham music hall and arts nonprofit has restarted Saturday Jazz Greats, its longtime ...