Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

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Since the appearance of jazz in the early 20th century, jazz and classical have mostly lived on opposite sides of town, separated by tracks that most listeners won’t cross. This has long remained the ...

Jazz is Black American classical music that can teach and empower people. Mekala Session shares his views on what jazz is and what it can do, informed Horace Tapscott's perspective on music's role in ...

Nothing compares to a summertime classical or modern jazz quartet. The music washes over you like a cool breeze. Three carefully curated concert series in Connecticut take place this week in rarified ...

Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard ...

Composer and pianist Valerie Capers is at home in both the classical and jazz worlds. In her suite Portraits in Jazz, Capers captures the spirit of jazz in a series of vivid musical sketches. Hear ...

Older generations often lament that music was better in their day, but was it more complex? A new study, which evaluated classical and jazz music in particular, believes these genres have become ...

Throughout jazz history there has been a desire among the jazz community to see the music respected on the same level as western classical music. It is after all, jazz is America's classical music. As ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

ASPEN ” “Blue Notes,” Aspen Music Festival’s theme for this year, celebrates the mutual influences of jazz and classical music. This hits close to home for me, as these are my two favorite forms of ...