Cover of 'The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method: The Player’s Guide to Authentic Stylings.'"; One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of ...

When jazz pianists are improvising riffs, their brains act much more like the dreaming brain, with inhibition turned down and creativity cranked way up, a new study finds. It seems almost a ...

Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several ...

Through an analysis of a transcription of Hank Mobley's solo over the changes to the tune Remember, from his 1960 recording Soul Station, watch how this master of bebop improvisation uses chord tones ...

Watchable biopic charts how an 18-year-old German booked the sickly American pianist Keith Jarrett for what became a landmark concert ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

When most people think about musical improvisation, they imagine Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, inventing melodies in smoky jazz clubs. But the act of musical improv isn't a 20th century invention.

There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

Jazz Sessions, a new feature, presents some of today's most exciting musicians as they chat and perform in the studio with public radio hosts from around the country. I've been after Keith Jarrett for ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...