ASPEN ” “Blue Notes,” Aspen Music Festival’s theme for this year, celebrates the mutual influences of jazz and classical music. This hits close to home for me, as these are my two favorite forms of ...

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 ...

Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How ...

Since the appearance of jazz in the early 20th century, jazz and classical have mostly lived on opposite sides of town, separated by tracks that most listeners won’t cross. This has long remained the ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

It’s awards season in the U.S., a time when performance artists of all genres are recognized for their contributions to the arts. Cal State Fullerton has a reason to celebrate this year as two current ...

Presenting his fifth album as leader, Puerto Rican jazz guitarist Richard Peña unveils The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar, continuing his personal exploration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, leading a quintet ...

The Grammys have added three awards, bringing the total number of categories to 81. Following a now-dismissed lawsuit involving the removal of the Best Latin Jazz Album category last year, the ...