We know that music is an essential part of everyone’s life, listeners as well as players. And that playing music well is a joy, a feeling unlike any other. But there are many ways playing music as…

Sometimes we learn from lyrics. That’s why we love the songs from the American Songbook. Take “The Nearness of You”: “It’s not the pale moon that excites me, or dreams that ignite me; no, it’s just the…

One of the most endearing things about playing jazz, or trying to play jazz, is the community that you find yourself in. Jazz musicians embrace new players in various ways, through jam sessions, through educational programs, through…