The journeys in life can be just as important - if not more so - than the destinations. Music, inherently…
Before setting anchor at a fortress by the sea. Before fencing the sprawling field beneath a problematic hill. Before cramming…
In 1963, Gunther Schuller coined the term Third Stream to identify what he saw as "a new genre of music…
In the history of improvised music, few figures have brought the music to new audiences as much as George Wein.…
One criticism occasionally levied against the more recent editions of the iconic Newport Jazz Festival is that it somehow abandoned…
The Newport Jazz Festival has survived seven decades primarily due to how forward-looking it has been. The event has generally…
As the legendary Newport Jazz Festival turns seventy years old, it is all too easy to look back at the…
We continue our conversation with NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke. You can read part one here. PostGenre: You were one…
After first being mass-produced by Fender in the 1950s, the electric bass, for many years, found a home in only…
According to a 2015 Nielsen report, “jazz” makes up a paltry 1.3% of total music consumption in the United States.…