Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the ...

Six years after Concord Records released the massive 61-track “Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980),” the label has issued a new collection by the late jazz piano great ...

“My concept changes every few months," said New York jazzer Brandi Disterheft in the May 2017 issue of Bass Player.

Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to ...

Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Red Rodney, Corky Corcoran, to pick a few names at random, all began playing professionally in their ...

Award winning, chart topping, DownBeat Rising Star pianist Yoko Miwa and her trio return to Arts Garage presenting material from her new release as well as from her critically acclaimed albums “Songs ...

Wayne Bennett put a shine on beloved recordings by Otis Rush and Bobby “Blue” Bland, but he only cut one single under his own ...

It's hard to believe that Jazz Piano Christmas celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. We were initially stumped on how to celebrate, but as we reminisced about the many pianists we have featured ...

Classes in piano and guitar are being offered through Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 Community Education. The classes are “Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People” and “Instant Guitar fo ...

Michael Zerang has accompanied dance and theater for decades—including an upcoming puppet staging of Ursula K. Le Guin's Left ...