Reedman Paul Cosentino knows his audience and has made a living bringing joy to thousands in the global swing and blues dancing community. As leader of the Boilermaker Jazz Band, Cosentino performs ...

Jazz and blues are two American art forms that kids should learn about, just as they learn about European classical music or any other musical genre that has stood the test of time. A selection of new ...

It would come as no surprise to the late saxophonist and improvisational master John Coltrane, but when accomplished jazz musicians play free-form, their brain activity suggests a release of ...

Drummer Terry Silverlight's interesting and varied career dates back to his first session on brother Barry Miles' highly-regarded album White Heat (Mainstream, 1971), when he was only 14. He's since ...

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's first recording in Feb. 1917 is often cited as the first jazz record ever, but critic Kevin Whitehead says that the roots of jazz stretch a little further back. This ...

I like jazz, but I don’t know much about it. Or perhaps I should say that I know what I like. Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and Benny Goodman, yes, but my appreciation really kicks in with the ...

When Paul Sills envisioned The Second City, he was inspired by an art form nurtured in Chicago: jazz. In 1959 Sills tried to hire Chicago jazz pianist Fred Kaz. Second City, Sills explained, would ...

Brent “Doc” Watkins wasn’t always known for his San Antonio swing. Although his Pearl lounge, Jazz, TX, has been filled with honking trumpets and skittering drums for 10 years, he spent his youth ...