Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public.
Meg Okura, whose music encircles classical, jazz, and traditional fiddle styles, is bringing a trio to perform at 7:30 pm on ...
The great jazz trumpeter and band-leader Wynton Marsalis stages another raid on classical territory with a new trumpet concerto, here receiving its UK premiere from Alison Balsom plus the London ...
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 ...
Chicago opera is, inexplicably, hibernating this winter — the city hosts no staged productions until mid-March, with Lyric Opera’s “La bohème.” Thankfully, other groups aren’t following suit. In fact, ...
In early November, a trio of top-notch classically trained musicians took to the stage in front of a full house. With William Ransom accompanying on piano, tenor Timothy Miller and soprano Bethany ...
Viewed in this way, we can see the blues as a quest for existential answers to questions that have always been, and always will be—they have no beginning, and no end. In my article about Harmony and ...
Inside the tight limits of musical formality, fresh ideas seem to die like birds blundering against a window. Pleasant enough music can still be written within the old boundaries, but its most ...
Indianapolis singer and pianist Kelleen Strutz will perform Aug. 16 at the Jazz at Helen’s series. Kelleen Strutz’s trips to Zaharakos with 8-year-old son Ethan have become whimsical salutes to the ...
LOS ANGELES — Billy Childs was all smiles in February as he walked to the backstage media center at Crypto.com Arena, cradling his sixth and most recent Grammy Award. “I always had in mind that I didn ...
In early November, a trio of top-notch classically trained musicians took to the stage in front of a full house. With William Ransom accompanying on piano, tenor Timothy Miller and soprano Bethany ...
Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Collective Snowmass as part of the Jazz Supper Club. The ...