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Of course, there’s no such thing as the three best ways to learn to play music, because everybody learns things […]

Most parents agree that music should be part of their children’s education. Not that they expect Clarissa to sing at

In an upcoming MusicLifeandTimes podcast, my partner jazz pianist Kevin Bales and I exchange stories about life on the road

The other day I engaged my podcast partner, pianist Kevin Bales, in a discussion of pianists who have influenced him.

In light of ongoing racial injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement, universities have been pressured to better represent a

I’m sure you know the song “My Funny Valentine.” It’s from Babes in Arms, a 1937 musical by Rodgers and

It’s no stretch. Jazz is an expression of democracy. So much so it was outlawed in Nazi Germany, and later

The other night I was watching a report on the unrest on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas War and heard

In a recent blog we talked about The Great American Songbook, the collection of songs composed in the first half

One of our favorite things to do with our Music Life and Times podcasts is to interview other musicians about