The marriage of music and dance requires a careful collaboration, one that allows for both genres to complement each other. Les Ballets Jazz Montréal’s “Dance Me” fuses the emotionally potent songs of ...

In a quiet backyard nestled in the Sherman Oaks hills, seasoned jazz musician Larry Goldings begins to play the punchy opening notes to Van Halen’s “Jump” on his prized melodica. Standing beside him ...

Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson has a reputation as one of the last true followers of the bebop tradition but this release shows that his talents stretch beyond that. The music consists of scores ...

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New Orleans jazz legend Donald Harrison plays his jazz version of "When the Saints Go Marching In." Jazz is a genre of performances, not songs. Created in the moment through improvisation, every time ...

Jazz arrived in St. Louis more than a century ago, with the Mississippi River acting as a cultural highway for Black music and dance migrating from the deep South. With St. Louis an established hotbed ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Benson’s music has a way of wrapping around you — like a smooth breeze on a late summer evening or the sound of someone you trust speaking truth with melody. Whether he’s ...

On a recent Tuesday afternoon, UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Dance Karen Hubbard stood in the middle of the action while students warmed up. There were no pirouettes or pliés here. This was ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Billie Holiday’s music has stood the test of time, transcending generations and remaining an essential ...

Dance halls, honky-tonks, speakeasies, jazz clubs, ballrooms, rock 'n' roll clubs, discotheques, raves, nightclubs and EDM festivals have different names, but they all have continued to attract music ...