The University of Minnesota’s Jazz Ensemble 1 recorded eight beginner-level songs on Thursday for its first recording back since taking a break in 2023. Typically, the band only performs live, but ...

One hundred years ago this week, five New Orleans musicians made the first recording of a new genre of music unknown to most of the nation. “Livery Stable Blues,” the first studio number scratched ...

Exposed is about as pure a jazz CD as you’re apt to find: Like all Creative Improvised Music Projects offerings, it was recorded directly onto a computer without compression, echo or any ...

To me, standards and original music are complementary, and I've worked hard to connect both sides of my playing. Now I have a deeper understanding of how I want to play the saxophone, and play those ...