ECM regularly tops lists of the best jazz labels though their full name—Edition of Contemporary Music—would argue for a broader scope of content. A substantial number of their most popular albums, ...

Picture the “default” jazz band we all imagine, then rewind history to see how that lineup was assembled by accident, technology, and American culture. We trace how brass valves, Civil War surplus, ...

Considering jazz is an art form that mostly makes it up as it goes along, it's ironically appropriate that printed records—i.e., data—from the days of its birth are decidedly sparse. We know, at least ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A new musical instrument drive aims to provide local kids with the gift of music while encouraging early spring cleaning. Philip Arnold, music director of the Youth Jazz ...

Some may think of big band jazz as the sound of a bygone era, but it thrives in the Southern Regional School District. Students and their teachers take the music very seriously, as evidenced by a ...