Jazz Focus

For many in the packed house at Norfolk Virginia’s Chrysler Hall on February 25, it was a great concert with...

As a music educator your passion for music is obvious, but what works and composers ignited a flame in you...

Self - talk is something we all do. We can be in denial about things we need to do differently,...

Great locations, terrific music, and heck, you may be able to write it off as professional development (repeat LOUDLY after...

Have you ever had a piano student who wanted to learn how to compose music and asked you the best...

The ability to play notes in the altissimo register is a highly desirable skill for most jazz saxophonists. This skill...

SBO+: Eugene Marlow’s work in documenting jazz in China is an important look into music in a country that is...

Slap tonguing is an extended technique used by saxophonists that produces a unique popping sound when articulating notes in a...

When playing in the jazz style, performing with correct notes, rhythms and using authentic jazz articulations are necessary requirements for...

Many of our students are drawn to jazz because of the complex rhythms and the excitement of the live performance...

The success or failure of your students’ jazz festival performances and experience is inextricably dependent on the quality of your...

The vertical nature of scale positions found on the neck of the guitar has an unavoidable conditioning effect on a...