We thought it would be a fun exercise to conduct various searches on jazz and compile the results. What are the defining characteristics of jazz? After all the searching, only a handful of elements ...

This 90 minute documentary by Eve-Marie Breglia about the saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman sets a benchmark for just how intellectually engaging a film portrait of a jazz musician can be. The ...

Musicians and music enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the spirit of jazz at the 35th annual Purdue Jazz Festival, hosted by Purdue Bands & Orchestra in January. The Jazz Festival is an opportunity for ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

But rain or no, there was plenty of great discoveries at Jazz Fest on Saturday, from visiting Puerto Rican bands to the blues phenom Christone "Kingfish" Ingram to the ageless Taj Mahal to solo ...

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BATTLE CREEK — Gathering inside the choir room of an otherwise quiet First Congregational Church Tuesday evening, Brandon Fitzpatrick and his bandmates got to work. Minor Element, the all-instrumental ...

Over 90-some years of movies about jazz, many films have spun a familiar lick, sometimes falling back on stock standards when inspiration fails, and sometimes knowingly quoting from older works. This ...

UC Davis’ first majorette team performs a combination of elements of jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance. A new group has emerged on the campus football fields and basketball courts: UC Davis’ first ...