Improvisation is part of jazz, and the Hastings High School jazz band, not to mention everyone else at the Islander Jazz Festival, had to improvise when the fire alarms unexpectedly sounded at Grand ...

There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

Jazz & Improvisation have been important to the musical landscape of University of Delaware for decades. Consisting of big bands, combos, academic classes, and private lessons, the Jazz program has ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

The author Kurt Vonnegut once said, "Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow." The art of improvisation does just that: it makes the soul grow. The soul of the ...

Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where ...

Jazz-guitar virtuoso Oz Noy's music is heavily flavored with rock, blues, funk and pop. But don't call his sound "jazz fusion" - at least not when he's listening. "I don't like the word 'fusion,' just ...

NJPAC's 2026 Season of Jazz events. Thu 1.22 @ 7:30 p.m. Jazz Jams at Clement’s Place. Co-presented by NJPAC’s Jazz Advisory Committee and Rutgers RU_N’s Institute for Jazz ...

In the newly renovated Long Beach City College auditorium on a recent Thursday night, the audience is far from packed. But those in attendance are nodding in time with the tunes coming from on stage.

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Jazz and Improvisation is for musicians pursuing careers in jazz, studio recording, and performance in contemporary idioms (popular, world, experimental). The core ...

The storied jazz studies program has highlighted those ensembles, such as the One O’clock Lab Band, and the late Dan Haerle’s keyboard program — which was called the Zebras until it was rebranded as ...