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Berklee Jazz Camper Tamina Cirilli
Feb 8, 2024 3:48 PM
To find the camp that’s right for you, just check out our complete camp-guide listings link below. Inside this…
Looking toward the city side of learning, campers at the Summer Jazz Workshop of Fordham College at Lincoln Center performed in New York’s Times Square.
Feb 8, 2024 11:45 AM
Summertime, and the living is … improvised! When the weather heats up and the days get longer, there’s no shortage…
Symphonic Swing, one of the groups at the Charleston Jazz Academy, performs.
Feb 8, 2024 11:41 AM
New Orleans is often called the “birthplace of jazz,” and it certainly has an incredibly rich musical heritage that…
Jarred Sims directs the West Virginia University Mountaineer Honor Jazz Band during rehearsal.
Feb 8, 2024 11:32 AM
The idea of a big fish in a small pond is a cliché. But how about being a big fish in a comfortably sized pond…
Jazz Girls Day, a program spearheaded by Colleen Clark, assistant professor of jazz studies at the University of South Carolina (far right), has held five events over the past two years and is expanding the program to several other states.
Feb 8, 2024 11:28 AM
When Bert Ligon retired as director of jazz studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia after 30 years,…
“I think most jazz musicians exist in a space where the unknown is actually pretty thrilling,” said Sara Gazarek about putting together the new jazz vocal program at Eastman School of Music.
Feb 8, 2024 11:18 AM
Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, founded in 1921, celebrated its centennial a year late because…
“I listened to players like Ben Webster and Wayne Shorter, two opposites, who spoke to me profoundly about saying a whole lot with less,” Osby says.
Feb 6, 2024 2:15 PM
At the beginning of November 2023, Greg Osby flew to Italy for a week of duo concerts with pianist Michele Franzini,…
Mary Halvorson expanded her hollowbody guitar to match her imaginative foot-pedal-assisted forays at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest.
Feb 6, 2024 1:59 PM
Crisscrossing dozens of venues, in multiple New York neighborhoods, presenting smart lineups and thoughtful creative…
From left: Mike Bindraban from Good Music Company moderates a panel on the universality of jazz with Nduduzo Makhathini, esperanza spalding and Shabaka during Jazz Congress.
Feb 6, 2024 1:40 PM
The New York jazz scene had a busy Martin Luther King Day weekend. Indeed, one could attend a daylong international…
Tony Cedras: 1952–2024
Feb 6, 2024 1:07 PM
Multi-instrumentalist Tony Cedras died in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 29. He had been suffering from chronic…
