Category: education
The Evolution of Music During Quarantine
One jazz patron asks: what will we gain from this experience? Our musicians answer.
Students Finding the Music Again
Jazz educators share how they are helping motivate their students as we all face isolation, fear, and boredom.
A 10 year spotlight on the jazz musicians of Charlotte
When Lonnie and Ocie arrived 10 years ago, they recognized the incredible quality of local jazz as the best kept secret in Charlotte. In that time, the goal has been to shine a spotlight on what was already in our midst.
An introduction to the “Trane”: John Coltrane, local and national jazz legend
The recorded career of jazz legend John Coltrane as a leader, breaks essentially, into three distinct phases. The surprising commercial appeal of the saxophone-driven title track of the album “My Favorite Things”, led to Trane’s third – Impulse Records. It was artistically successful, albeit commercially mixed.
Hearing a voice through the rain
in 2017, Vanessa was coming off a South American tour, when she received a phone call out of the blue, from The Voice.