Tigran Hamasyan reimagined his native homeland of Armenia through a traditional, folk-inspired jazz performance Sunday evening. Fourth-year music and political science student Kishan Patel said he ...

TRANSCRIPT: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Billy Strayhorn was more than Duke Ellington’s collaborator—he was a ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

It was nice to finally, after all these years, have the opportunity to sit down with the celebrated jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and talk about what it actually is that we do as jazz musicians when we ...

Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

The fight is on for the soul of jazz. In an era when the likes of Norah Jones and Diana Krall have made pop crooning the bread and butter of jazz record labels, a new avant-garde contender has emerged ...

There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

Improvisation Without Compromise article by Ieva Pakalniskyte, published on November 18, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more ...