The uptown Charlotte museum also features black-and-white images of such stars as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Billie ...

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, ...

The names of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff do not necessarily conjure images and sounds of jazz in one's mind, that is until one has listened to recordings by ...

Throughout jazz history there has been a desire among the jazz community to see the music respected on the same level as western classical music. It is after all, jazz is America's classical music. As ...

Larry Mantle speaks with musicians involved in “Clazzical Notes,” The Pasadena Symphony’s newest adult educational outreach program created to bridge the gap between the jazz and classical music ...

Acclaimed percussionist, conductor and composer Tyshawn Sorey loves to move and flow with the music, but he is also precise and logical in his approach to composition. Spontaneity and technical ...

The Winchendon Music Festival will host a series of concerts this spring and fall. According to a community announcement, the festival has showcased local, national and international artists since ...

For Josh Duffee, it all started with cartoons. His first exposure to classic jazz music came as a member of the Bix Youth Jazz Band during the Bix Beiderbecke ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Interest has been building in the works of Nikolai Kapustin, who wrote in classical styles, with a jazzy spin. By Seth Colter Walls ...

In 1994, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation declaring September as the month to celebrate the beauty of classical music. It stated, in part, “Classical music is a celebration of artistic ...