To many, composed music and improvised music seem to be opposites, but in jazz, they merge in a unique fashion. It has been said that the best improvised music sounds composed, and that the best ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny ...

Hank Mobley, as a member of the original Jazz Messengers, was one of the founding fathers of the hard bop and the Blue Note sound. From 1954 to 1961 ... time or another in the '80s or '90s, all of ...

Here are the general findings in jazz music: jazz styles such as swing and bebop are very fast in tempo free jazz - a style developed in the 1950s and 60s - involved players in the same ensemble ...

These events are part of the organization’s mission to bring jazz music free of charge to various venues, including charitable organizations, senior centers, hospitals, rehab centers ...