Cover of 'The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method: The Player’s Guide to Authentic Stylings.'"; One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of ...

The late jazz pianist Joan Wildman with WUWM's Maayan Silver at Wildman's house in 2012. The modern piano keyboard has 88 keys. And the late Joan Wildman was a master of all of them. Her ...

Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several ...

Oct 21 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Add to Calendar 21-10-2023 13:00 21-10-2023 14:30 America/Toronto Free ~ Jazz Piano Improvisation Workshop with Brad Turner – Session 1 The multi-Juno award-winning musician ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

When John Coltrane was expanding the boundaries of the well-known song “My Favorite Things” at the Village Vanguard in May 1966, no one could have known what inspired him to take the musical turns he ...

Did you know that Charlie Puth, one of today’s biggest pop stars, is a jazz piano major, with perfect pitch and a passion for a certain Romantic piano legend? “Jazz music is really cool and relaxing,” ...

Join us for an evening of inspired, high-level jazz with a powerhouse trio featuring Scott Latzky (drums), Mike Holober ...

For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise. “I was not into the concept of ...

Robinson's improvisations neither attack nor retreat from the substance of these standards. The first of the albums is Not Like Before. Opening with "42nd Street," Robinson initially embraces the ...

Yet “improvisation is not random. It’s not the same as just generating randomness as a form of novelty. It’s actually purposeful, intentional and also very individualized – one jazz person solo is ...