Musicians and music enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the spirit of jazz at the 35th annual Purdue Jazz Festival, hosted by Purdue Bands & Orchestra in January. The Jazz Festival is an opportunity for ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Have the time of your life performing instrumental and vocal jazz with BC bOp! This exciting and versatile ensemble performs a wide variety of jazz charts from traditional big band to modern fusion.

In contrast, Ibex Band, the outfit which recorded Stereo Instrumental Music, had a lineage outstripping that of the label which released the album. In 1975, they had issued an album and four related ...

Middle and high school jazz bands from across Berks County performed at the Kutztown Jazz Festival held at Kutztown Area Middle School on March 15. “Unlike a competition, this festival is a ...

Born and bred in Taiwan, Vincent Tsung-Yu Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz ...

Photo by Main Street Versailles. (Milan, Ind.) - You may have thought you were in New Orleans if you’ve heard the smooth ...

The author Kurt Vonnegut once said, "Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow." The art of improvisation does just that: it makes the soul grow. The soul of the ...

All Turned On! Motown Instrumentals 1960-1972 is exactly what it says it is. It could be a regular trawl through Motown’s back pages but – obviously – isn’t. The unreleased cuts are supplemented by ...