The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...
You don’t need a full band to bring a jazz standard to life, just three key techniques. In this video, I’ll show you how to ...
Following past years’ popular “176 Keys” and “Tickle the Ivories” concerts, our dueling pianists, Gay and John, are back for another great evening playing lots of your favorite tunes. It’s all ...
Pianist and composer Roger Kellaway exists in that critical interface between little-known but respected session musician and known but unjustly little-recognized master. His recent recordings for IPO ...
Endowed with spectacular range, he played with Miles Davis, led New Directions and Special Edition, and spent decades with ...
The pop superstar will be returning to Las Vegas for eight more shows of her acclaimed residency featuring performances of jazz standards Kevin Mazur/Getty Lady Gaga isn't quite done singing from the ...
If your image of piano-bass duos is mellow, lounge-y standards, then Mehldau and McBride’s La Jolla outing offered some sharp ...
Award-winning vocalist Susan Mack returns to Jazz on Main, joined by Ron Drotos (piano), Steve Doyle (bass) and Tim Horner ...
Thelonious Monk ends his 1967 album Straight, No Chaser with the song "We See." This Monk classic quartet remake from the 1950s was also the last piece of jazz music performed at this year's Irving S.
Jack DeJohnette, one of the most daring and dynamic jazz drummers of the last 60 years, with a loose-limbed yet exacting beat ...
A true prodigy, pianist Aaron Parks was still in his teens when he was Marian McPartland's guest for this 2001 session. That year, he placed first in the fifth American Jazz Piano Competition, landing ...
The jazz concert, which features the Kicks Band, jazz ensemble and jazz combo, takes place Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in MAC’s Fine ...