Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where improvisation, rhythm, and harmony push the music beyond boundaries.
Steely Dan is a perfect example of how jazz shapes rock music. From the 1970s onward, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker infused ...
In tribute to the tune and the band that made it, classic house torchbearers Disclosure have now released a 2025 edit of ...
Photo provided Indiana University jazz professor and professional musician Sam Butler, along with IU-trained performer, composer and arranger Garrett Fasig, were commissioned to create jazz ...
Laufey Lin, a 24-year-old Icelandic musician and songwriter (known by the mononym Laufey to her fans), never dreamed that her music, which she started writing while she was a college student in Boston ...
Clarinetist and composer Jahnvi Madan, who won the 2023 Earshot Pacific Northwest Emerging Artist of the Year award, just released her debut album, "Soften." ...
Jazz Aspen Snowmass recently announced its annual “Share Your Voice” songwriting competition, which is open to middle and ...
Sadly, many people associate jazz with elevator or background music, and for that reason feel like it's a boring genre. Well, the truth is, if you immediately associate jazz with elevator music, you ...
The University’s five small jazz groups performed for students, faculty and families in Old Cabell Hall Sunday night ...
Amidst classes, (seemingly never-ending) assignments on the to-do list, and many, many other priorities, I’ve found a lot of joy in admiring the views of Fall around Grounds to help me decompress ...
Jazz McKenzie should feel great about her chances on Season 28 of The Voice after her performance in the Knockouts. The Team ...
I just got back from my second trip to the Katy Jazz festival, run by a school district just West of Houston. It was time for a jazz fix. You see, I am a jazz fan, and though not compulsive, I do need ...