Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

As 2019 draws to a close, so too does a decade jam-packed with excellent jazz music. From locals like Joe Gilman to international talents like Phronesis, from genre chameleons like Esperanza Spalding ...

When Cal State Fullerton music professors Bill Cunliffe and Rob Watson were looking for a student to send to a piano competition in China, they both thought of freshman Mathew Yang. The 18-year-old is ...

As a leader, he has released almost twenty albums, and his groups include the Frank Carlberg Quintet (performing settings of a wide variety of texts including poetry), the Tivoli Trio (a classic jazz ...

“Musicians like Mozart and Beethoven could make up an extended riff at the drop of a hat,” said Darrell Grant in a phone call from his office at Portland State University, where he is the professor of ...

Announcing 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival, April 30-may 10, 2026. Posted in “Festival” column. Published: November 26, 2025 @ All About Jazz ...

Generations of Yale alumni filled the home of Samuel Moyn, Grace Hopper’s head of college, to listen to the sounds of swing and bossa nova on Monday evening. The “Before Woodstock: Love Songs of the ...

Chick Corea, one of the most versatile and influential jazz pianists of his generation, who helped develop the electronic fusion style of music with Miles Davis and later with his 1970s group Return ...

IT DOESN’T take a musical genius to recognise the differences between performances by Arthur Rubinstein and Duke Ellington. They were both prominent pianists in the 20th century, but were known for ...