Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

JEFFERSON AS MUSICIAN He was an incurable tinkerer with a keen interest in all the technical innovations for instruments, and corresponded with friends about all the new and “often peculiar things to ...

LAST YEAR. AND STUDENTS AT FERN CREEK ELEMENTARY RECEIVED A SPECIAL GIFT FROM A LOCAL JAZZ ARTIST AND THEIR TEACHER THIS WEEK, JAMEY AEBERSOLD PAID A VISIT TO THE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AND TAUGHT KIDS NEW ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In ...