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 ...

Musicians pay tribute to Corea-Burton-Ozone in Durango, Farmington Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How about ...

Introducing the world premiere of For Marilyn Crispell earlier this month, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin referred to Tyshawn Sorey’s new work for piano and orchestra as “one of the most singular ...

This year, music curation for deep work has moved beyond generic lo-fi beats to a more sophisticated blend of jazz, classical, and contemporary instrumental interpretations. With recent releases and ...

The Modern Jazz Quartet epitomized what some observers labeled, perhaps derisively, "chamber jazz." The recently formed Classical Jazz Quartet (CJQ), featuring bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron ...

George Gershwin’s 1924 composition Rhapsody in Blue is so timeless that it seems scarcely possible that he composed it 100 years ago. Its centenary offers us a special opportunity to celebrate this ...

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 ...

CLASSICAL & JAZZ EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL PART 1From the straight-ahead “trad jazz” to glimmers of the avant-garde, the Earshot Jazz Festival offers a superb view of jazz today. The 18-day festival ...

New research suggests traditionally complex Western genres like jazz and classical music have become more simplified in structure over time. Older generations often lament that music was better in ...

The city that produced such current and former musical pioneers as composer Philip Glass, left-handed pianist Leon Fleischer, ragtime impresario Eubie Blake, and singer Billie Holliday is a city that ...

Duke Ellington makes me wish I were an old man. An emblematic figure of Cotton Club-era Harlem, we all know and love Duke and his orchestra for a string of swinging classics such as “In a Mellotone,” ...