The Prehistory of Jazz -- New Orleans Jazz -- The Jazz Age -- Harlem -- The Swing Era -- Modern Jazz -- The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles -- Freedom and Fusion -- Traditionalists and Post-Modernists -- ...

Jazz Studies is an integral part of the music department at the University of Wyoming. The program is anchored on a strong curriculum of academic jazz courses, in addition to providing many ...

The History of jazz drums is more than a series—it’s a timeless archive that bridges the gap between jazz’s past and future. Although initially broadcast as an 8-part series, the content has since ...

The Parker Room isn’t just any bar, it’s a jazz bar with history dating back to the 1940s, when iconic figures like Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday once graced the place with their presence. Iconic ...

I have a theory about jazz history: The conceptual breakthroughs, the new ways of playing, are created by horn players. But those breakthroughs are then fleshed out into new harmonic systems by ...

This article was originally published on Moment Magazine. Music, at its core, is freedom. It cannot be caged by ideology or controlled by propaganda. The Nazis understood that, which is why they tried ...

Discover the rich history of Jazz music in Columbus and what shaped its nature. If you were to ask 5 people to describe Jazz music, you’d probably get 5 different answers and they’d all be correct.

Shades of Blue By James Kaplan, Translated by Kim Jae-sung, Epoch, 660 pages, 42,000 Korean won Jazz was above all a dazzling ...

Changing technology has everything to do with the way music is made and enjoyed. For a powerful reminder, look no further than the current Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” whose climax is the ...

Adorned with feathered headpieces, strings of pearls, bright lipstick and custom-made wigs and satin dresses, flecked with jewels and gems, Detroit's finest jazz vocalists — including Veronique ...