• Play for the People and Build Self-Confidence

    Of all the many life lessons that learning to play music teaches, that is, how playing music improves your life, one of the most important is self-confidence. Athletes, successful business owners, doctors and lawyers—there’s no way they…

  • Is It Giving Back or Welcoming In?

    A tradition among jazz musicians is bringing along younger players, giving them a chance to mature and grow their skills as well as their love of playing. The tradition plays itself out in many ways, such as…

  • An Evening of Enthusiastic Jazz and a Tuneful Audience

    Sometimes, the audience is memorable. Billed “an elegant evening” of jazz the October 6 performance at Atlanta’s Spivey Hall might just as well have been advertised “an energetic evening.” From the get-go, singer Lori Williams’ interpretation of…