What does it say that a Warren Zevon tribute concert Friday night featured more than 30 songs, was performed by well over 50 musicians, and stretched nearly to four hours in the end … and still felt ...
This, as you may have surmised, is by way of prelude to a report of Mr. Koussevitzky’s local debut as a double bass virtuoso, and I might as well set down now that Mr. Koussevitzky’s virtuosity with ...
“And then Mickie says, ‘Where the fuck is Jeff?’ And right at that moment Jeff strolls in, and it's like Spinal Tap. It ...
For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith ...
Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska '82' offers the satisfaction of material long rumored as 'Electric Nebraska," but also solo ...
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 take Bluesette and arrange it for solo piano using a walking bass line, the ...
Taylor Swift said she felt down when she heard 'Cats' would have an original song. She ended up helping write it.
D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at the age of just 51, was indisputably a musical genius, but he didn’t leave much behind: Just ...
If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...