Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where ...
Steely Dan is a perfect example of how jazz shapes rock music. From the 1970s onward, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker infused ...
Photo provided Indiana University jazz professor and professional musician Sam Butler, along with IU-trained performer, composer and arranger Garrett Fasig, were commissioned to create jazz ...
If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...
Never the conventionalist when it comes to music, Grammy-nominated composer/arranger and saxophonist Frank Macchia develops another theme album, this time reinterpreting time-honored traditional ...
Sadly, many people associate jazz with elevator or background music, and for that reason feel like it's a boring genre. Well, the truth is, if you immediately associate jazz with elevator music, you ...
Jazz was all over the place in 2022. I mean that as a compliment, and with an intended double meaning: We saw some great examples of improvisers flowing through the culture, and we also heard ...
New York experienced 70-degree weather over the weekend. Not bad, considering that the soaring temperatures came a week after a blizzard dumped 10 inches of snow on the region. So yesterday, with the ...
The University’s five small jazz groups performed for students, faculty and families in Old Cabell Hall Sunday night ...
This is the final story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage. Posing for a photographer outside Frenchmen Street’s ...