Performing was predestined for Tom "TomCat Trumpet" Burke. Growing up around musicians and the touring lifestyle as the son of a Broadway musician, Burke spent his early years moving around the ...

Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson has a reputation as one of the last true followers of the bebop tradition but this release shows that his talents stretch beyond that. The music consists of scores ...

A whole lot of soul is the goal every time Giordano Dance Chicago commands the stage. The award-winning, Chicago-based jazz dance company even has its own technique: the Giordano Technique, which is ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Jazz Music and its Choreographies of Listening -- "Its Bite and Its Feeling" : The Quadroon Ball and Jazz's New Orleans Plaçage Complex -- "Lindy Hopper's Delight" : The Chick Webb Orchestra and the ...

The dance troupe has influenced generations of artists and continues to captivate audiences worldwide. The dancers are technically assured, individual, and, more than most, attuned to their inner ...

Jazz is one of the most popular music genres today. However, many people don't know what makes a song jazz, rather than blues or pop, nor do they know the genre's long and interesting history. New ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...