As the old saying goes, "You have to go back before you can go forward." And that means you should learn the tradition of the instrument to gain greater knowledge and bring more depth to your playing.

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

It's not difficult to think of great blues artists—there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists—and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the ...

Marching bands, funk, jazz and blues: Instruments A Comin' is musical mash up united by New Orleans and philanthropy. For the past 15 years, this Tipitina's Foundation benefit has showcased New ...

In a Xavier University office, professor and jazz clarinetist Michael White showed blues guitarist Chris Thomas King a decade-old page of lecture notes containing King’s name. “I’ve been talking about ...