Author name: Mike Shaw

The other night my trio performed at an event where the crowd was so loud we could hardly hear ourselves […]

One of my favorite pastimes is writing about jazz for ArtsATL.org, the Atlanta arts community website. In 2009, as the

On August 10, pianist Joe Alterman released his latest album, Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: Big Mo & little joe,

One of the differences between playing classical music and jazz is that jazz is all about improvisation. Never play the

Especially if you’re playing it. Because as you play, you have to believe. Singers know that you have to sell

As a professor of music at GSU and “Coordinator of Jazz,” jazz trumpeter Dr. Gordon Vernick develops young talent through