You don’t need a full band to bring a jazz standard to life, just three key techniques. In this video, I’ll show you how to ...

On this installment of Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland and bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, Béla Fleck brings his jazz sensibilities to a set of originals and standards, opening with a refreshing take on ...

Pianist Roger Davidson isn't a fan of repeating himself. With each album he's shined a light on a different facet of his artistry, marrying a classicist's outlook and touch with a fascination for ...

Following past years’ popular “176 Keys” and “Tickle the Ivories” concerts, our dueling pianists, Gay and John, are back for another great evening playing lots of your favorite tunes. It’s all ...

Ron Carter first appeared on the national scene as a member of Miles Davis' second great quintet, which coalesced around the recording of Davis' album Seven Steps to Heaven. Carter has also worked ...

In May 1921, James P. Johnson, a 27-year-old piano wizard now largely forgotten, released a composition that shook up pianists across the nation. His “Carolina Shout” became a test piece among ...

In a recent study at Johns Hopkins, jazz musicians improvised with each other while sitting in MRI machines. No doubt many of them were used to playing in tight spaces, but this was, all the same, odd ...

The isolation album has sprung up as a new genre practically overnight—an unfortunate if unavoidable development in the season of Covid-19. If Diogo Vida is one among many in that regard, at least ...

The Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre at Cal Poly Humboldt will presents the Cal Poly Humboldt Jazz Orchestra” led by Dan Aldag, Friday at 8 p.m. at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the Arcata ...