“You have to go back. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants." The World of Jazz Trumpet: a Comprehensive History and Practical Application (Hal Leonard) is a first-of-its-kind: The first look ...

In a recent study at Johns Hopkins, jazz musicians improvised with each other while sitting in MRI machines. No doubt many of them were used to playing in tight spaces, but this was, all the same, odd ...

Josh Welchez of Claremont performs passionately because of his intensive love of jazz music. He also considers music mentoring a perfect way to pass on skills and knowledge to young players. Welchez, ...

We think of him as the Santa Claus of jazz — a laughing white-haired patriarch, almost a comic fool with puffed cheeks and a bent horn. But between his jokes and his good-will work for jazz, we forget ...