Although these days Africa, as well as humanity at large, is rightly concerned about contagions of all sorts, some infections can be quite beneficial. Good music, for example, has always been viral in ...

Cozy up with six fascinating jazz reads, from sweeping histories to intimate autobiographies by legends like Miles Davis.

It’s always fascinating to hear how musicians from other countries have taken “America’s music” — Jazz — and adapted it to suit their ethnic and cultural heritage. This is especially true when one ...

Dan Morgenstern, a jazz writer and historian who chronicled the music’s past and present, illuminating the artistry of Louis Armstrong, Lester Young and other greats — many of whom he knew and ...

For most contemporary music consumers, listening to jazz is a historical exercise. Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue is, at the time of writing, still No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart 61 years after it ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

Megha and dance-theatre production Dancing Tales: Panchatantra. As Megha marks 35 years of its journey, the ensemble, founded by Suma Sudhindra and Gerard Machado, will revisit music from its ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...