The biggest threat to the future of jazz? Classical music

Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public. At least, that’s how it used to be. In recent decades they’ve been ...
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These five musical pieces show classical and jazz aren't as different as you'd think

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 ...
The Trentonian

Tigertown Classic Jazz draws music lovers to Princeton’s Hinds Plaza

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Tigertown Classic Jazz delivered the penultimate performance for the Princeton Public Library ...
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Twin Sons from Different Mothers: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 4: "The Neapolitan 6th Chord in Jazz and Classical Music"

The "Neapolitan 6th" chord (N6) is another sonority whose definition is based on the triad that it makes, which is a vertical perspective that glosses over its actual horizontal function. It is ...
Quad-City Times

Learn to like jazz music: There's history in every note

For Josh Duffee, it all started with cartoons. His first exposure to classic jazz music came as a member of the Bix Youth Jazz Band during the Bix Beiderbecke ...
The Aspen Times

Snowmass reinvigorates local jazz

Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Collective Snowmass as part of the Jazz Supper Club. The ...
Houston Chronicle

Classical meets jazz as Houston Symphony to gig with One O'Clock Lab Band

DaCamera's noble efforts notwithstanding, top-tier jazz talent doesn’t perform in Houston nearly as often as it should. This week it will. On Thursday, the Houston Symphony will welcome the University ...
The New York Times

The Curious Case of ‘Naughty Little Nora,’ a Jazz Age Shape Shifter

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs. A 1934 portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van ...
PBS

Explore the Wonderful World of Jazz with PBS

The Jazz Age was a time of excess, creativity, and passion that lunged jazz music into the mainstream. It produced music icons like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, whose innovative sounds advanced ...
Chicago Tribune

Best of classical and jazz in 2022: Sun Ra Arkestra and Berlin Phil return, Chucho Valdés’ ‘Creación’ and a perfect Chicago day

‘Tis the season for superlatives. Below are the best of the best in classical music and jazz’s broad orbit: Principal conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra on June 15, 2022. With the ...

11 best new jazz albums of 2025 should be heard by every music lover

This article was originally published on www.audiophix.com as 11 best new jazz albums of 2025 should be heard by every music ...