Deconstructing Free Jazz article by Robert J. Lewis, published on September 3, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Opinion ...

Either way or whatever you want to call it jazz is far beyond the scope and breadth of any other style in my humble opinion. No other musical form stretches as far, continues to evolve, and has the ...

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Ellington’s compositions for jazz band and orchestra usually stay within a concerto grosso form that lets the band handle the jazz, while the orchestra plays its own fiddle.

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Let's go to the museum with our ears. Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis explain their work inspired by the collection at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops' conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero died Thursday ...