It was nice to finally, after all these years, have the opportunity to sit down with the celebrated jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and talk about what it actually is that we do as jazz musicians when we ...

Given what Mozart initially improvised in his head and what he later wrote out are one and the same, the listener will derive equal satisfaction listening to Mozart spontaneously invent at the piano, ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

It’s late at night in a smoky 1950s New York City nightclub, and Bird Parker is onstage. You’re mesmerized by the impossibly brilliant music cascading from his horn as you sip your gin—but what can ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

The eight-piece Lynnwood band Cytrus have a hybrid sound that's as infectious as it is hard to define. Their music is ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...