It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner. His blues-based piano style, replete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand ...

A cornerstone in the Metro Detroit jazz community, musician and educator Marion Hayden is the recipient of the 2025 Kresge ...

Within months, Walter was a regular at the historic Harlem and 52nd Street jam sessions that formed the roots of modern jazz. A pair of inseparable friends and giants of the jazz piano, Thelonious ...

Metheny even called Hall “the father of modern jazz guitar ... first examples where the guitar legitimately replaced the piano as the principal harmonic instrument in the traditional jazz ...

In whats been called the Super Bowl of Jazz, five of Americas most promising jazz pianists compete in the 2019 American Pianists Awards Gala Finals. Hosted by NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater ...

The instrument was key in many seminal compositions, from the classical era to modern times ... music to blues, jazz, and rock 'n' roll, there are a number of piano players who have earned ...

Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists ... the roots of modern jazz and ...

Thirty-two-year-old pianist and composer Amaro Freitas creates ... to have an Afro hairstyle wasn’t cool." His brand of jazz is heavily influenced by Brazilian rhythms - but not the samba ...

“Break’s Over” highlights Solivan’s love for the great jazz vocal tradition and her personal stamp on standards and original ...