Led by saxophonist and percussionist Barak Schmool, Rhythms of the City was one of first bands to emerge from London's newly formed F-IRE (Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression) collective in ...

Even if you’ve never heard of Dave Brubeck, you likely know his music. A contemporary of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Brubeck may not have the name recognition of those titans of jazz, but his ...

The study of jazz in academic institutions may be a relatively modern trend, but the presence of over a hundred academics from South Africa to Russia and from America to Portugal at the Rhythm Changes ...

One of the pleasures of the annual Dance Chicago festival is the opportunity to see less familiar groups on bills with older, more established performers. And one of the most impressive new companies ...

Rivers of Rhythm—highlighting the work of The National Museum of African American Music—explores and celebrates the music genres and styles created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. In ...

OKAN showcases its fusion of Afro-Cuban roots, jazz, folk and global rhythms during two shows in the Vilar Performing Arts Center’s May Gallery Saturday. It’s all part of Live in the May Gallery, VPAC ...

Harley White Jr. on double bass and Andre Fylling on piano jam at the free Capital City Jazz Festival on Saturday in Old Sacramento. Cathie Anderson canderson@sacbee.com As the deep, steady chords of ...

You don’t have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize “Take Five,” the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging bachelor pads, hi-fi systems and cool nightclubs of ...

Herbalism, biology, martial arts and sculpture informed Graves’s unique style, which drove the new music and made sophistication from jazz’s deepest origins Of all the freedoms opened up by the ...