Jazz, with its roots in African American culture and its ability to constantly change, has made a wide array of styles over the years. From its origins in New Orleans to its global impact today, jazz ...

“I wanted to do what I could to raise awareness,” Hallahan says. “And VCU has a great Steinway grand piano.” The three concerts, scheduled between September and January, feature musician’s musician ...

KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel invited renowned pianist Alan Pasqua to cover the history of jazz piano in 55 minutes for his inaugural Rhythm Planetevent, starting the evening by joking about the impossibility ...

Miles Davis needed a painter in sound, one who could successfully bring the impressionistic sounds and modal harmonies of Debussy and Ravel into a jazz environment and do so in a way that was organic ...

The history of the jazz piano starts in 1899. By my count, 20 pianists changed the direction of jazz over the course of 75 years. Here are 20 sample tracks in chronological order of those pianists.

Junior Nick Heide started playing jazz piano during middle school in Las Vegas. Now he skips campus weekly to play professional gigs in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Toledo. “If you love something enough, ...

McCoy Tyner, a pianist and composer viewed by musicians and critics alike as the most influential jazz pianist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, has died. He was 81. Tyner’s death was ...

Do you know the extraordinary piano virtuosos who have shaped music history with their magical touch? Well, they are the Pianist! The pianist has been mastered by remarkable talents across classical, ...

Comparisons have always helped me appreciate jazz. An artist plays a tune fast; another does it as a ballad. A trumpeter finishes his solo, and a saxophonist takes that closing phrase and morphs it in ...