Adrian Cunningham, Jazz Interludes- Episode 1 from Vail Jazz Foundation on Vimeo. Vail Jazz Presents: Jazz Interludes, Professor Cunningham & his Old School Band, Episode 1. Presented by Janet and Jim ...

Tom Johnson retired recently from his position as an Indiana State University psychology professor to return to his first love, music. While in “phased retirement,” Johnson received his masters in ...

Dee Spencer is grooving to Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke," doing a little dance and banging a tambourine on the backbeats. "Vocalists, get into more! Get into the spirit of the song!" shouts Spencer, a ...

As his son recounted, Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller was performing in Chicago when a man with a revolver ordered him into a car at gunpoint to play at the birthday party of Al Capone. “After the ...

If you want to get Noe Marmolejo going, just ask him to explain jazz. His first answer is, of course, from the great trumpeter Louis Armstrong: "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." ...

This cover image released by Cellar Live shows "Make Your Move," a release by Ray Gallon. (Cellar Live via AP) Ray Gallon, "Make Your Move” (Cellar Live) Professor of piano Ray Gallon's album debut is ...

The OKC Jazz Fest named University of Central Oklahoma School of Music professor emeritus Kent Kidwell, D.M.A., as its 2015 Oklahoma City Ambassador of Jazz. Kidwell, a member of the Oklahoma Jazz ...

Musician Steve Torok has performed with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Taj Mahal to Usher and Sheila E. But the professional saxophonist and composer also spends time mentoring future musicians as a ...

David Baker’s signature instrument was the trombone until injuries from a car accident forced him to concentrate more on the cello. (Photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana ...

John Moawad taught hundreds of college kids how to play jazz during a three-decade career as a Central Washington University music professor. Known as the Northwest’s dean of jazz educators, Mr.

Mark Weinstein is a master jazz flutist who was once a master jazz trombonist. In 1966, he played trombone on Cuban Roots, a prized cult classic which blended Afro-Cuban folkloric music with jazz.