The story centers on Jazzinho, played by Felipe Hintze, a man whose life is shaped by the legacy of jazz and family expectations. His mother, Marina—portrayed by Camilla Camargo, a talented actress ...

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Porter has joined the producing team of the Broadway-aimed Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For, a new musical about jazz great Strayhorn set to make its world debut next month at ...

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

Jazz is upon us everywhere. To deny the fact is to assume the classic ostrich pose, head buried in the sand, tail-feathers to the sun. To shout alarm hysterically from the housetops, is to exhibit ...

Justin Vellucci Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 10:01 a.m. | Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 10:01 a.m. Shawn Purcell doesn’t remember the precise moment he decided to become a professional musician. He does know that it ...

MIAMI — Who would have thought the fusion of musical elements from Africa, Europe and the U.S. in the early 20th century would eventually produce the intricate sounds of what is known as Latin Jazz ...

Creation is at the very core of UCLA’s jazz combos. The UCLA Jazz Combo Concert, which took place on Sunday, aimed to showcase the musical advancements of various jazz combo groups over the last ...

The sultry sounds of saxophone haunt Indianapolis like a ghost. Trumpet and trombone echo in downtown neighborhoods where the best jazz musicians in the world once played. Deep rhythms of bass and ...

The brains of jazz musicians engrossed in spontaneous, improvisational musical conversation showed robust activation of brain areas traditionally associated with spoken language and syntax, which are ...

Duke Ellington once said, "by and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with." It's temperamental, it's moody, it wants trouble and yet it's ...