Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century ... of the American slave trade--had already taken on special significance in the history of black music-making in America. The most ...

Welcome to All About Jazz, a web site produced by jazz fans who love the web and its infinite possibilities to support our music. Our ongoing mission (of 29 years) is to provide information and ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious ...

Charlie Parker was only on Earth for 34 years, but he created some of the most wonderful music the world has ever ... that changed the course of jazz history and created masterful songs like ...

Smooth jazz, when the history books are written ... to make a living and survive in the most fickle industry of all: the music business. Just how fickle it could be was reflected in the fact ...

Still swingin' after all these years. Jazz is alive and well and thriving in Wales, as DJ and musician Andy Roberts explains. Anyone who doesn't like jazz has no real feeling for music or people ...

That’s because John Coltrane, the most influential jazz artist in music history, was born and raised ... from an area of poverty to the way all middle class, upper class African Americans ...

I listen to jazz all the time — old and new ... I had always known that he was important to the history of the music, but he had mostly come down to me as a guy with a smile and a handkerchief ...

To learn more about our jazz degree offerings, entrance auditions, ensemble placement auditions, performing opportunities, and general degree requirements, please review the Jazz Studies Handbook. The ...

Still swingin' after all these years. Jazz is alive and well and thriving in Wales, as DJ and musician Andy Roberts explains. Anyone who doesn't like jazz has no real feeling for music or people ...