A Noisy Event: Why Even Play?
The other night my trio performed at an event where the crowd was so loud we could hardly hear ourselves […]
The other night my trio performed at an event where the crowd was so loud we could hardly hear ourselves […]
You’re probably familiar with the American Songbook, the collection of songs composed in the first half of the 20th century
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
A Fictional Jazz Lesson (from Mike Shaw’s The Musician) Mike Shaw’s novel, The Musician, captures life as a musician in
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
Music has a remarkable ability to enrich and uplift our lives in various ways. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, music offers