The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

a 10-part series that explored the history of Jazz music, on which Marsalis was Senior Creative Consultant. The music on the soundtrack comprises 16 new Marsalis compositions and seven ...

Here are some of the best stories in jazz and classical music in 2024. The most memorable musical moments in the Olympic ...

For those of us engaged in trying to understand it, the history of jazz turns out to be much more than a study of this extraordinary American music. Jazz has offered a precise prism through which ...

The scene – in which an ordinary village boy played by Sebastian Stankiewicz is carried away by the music – represents a symbolic image of an intellectual and spiritual rite of passage forever ...

The prolific history of Polish Jazz may seem inaccessible for foreigners: so many characters, so many musicians and various streams of jazz music. If you want to get started on Polish jazz and ...

Jazz originated in the southern states of the USA in the early 1900s. It was a mix of brass band marches, ragtime, blues and gospel. Many young people had had enough of their parents' old dances ...

Our faculty provides diverse perspectives on the history and performance of jazz and its tributaries and creates a safe space for students to find their individual interests and musical voices.