Archives: Artist Stories
31 Great Women in Jazz
For March, Women’s History Month, we have selected a sample – one per day for 31 days – to represent the impact women have had on the world of jazz music.
Jazz and humanity, a discussion about 2021 with trumpeter Sean Jones
International jazz trumpeter Sean Jones about his view of the future of jazz.
JAZZ ROOM Holiday Edition Musicians Share their Holiday Hopes
This holiday season, the JAZZ ROOM is bringing together nine musicians to share their music in an online holiday performance. We sat down with several of them to talk about the holidays and their music.
Welcoming New Board Members to the Jazz Community
Get to know new Board members Kris Kellog and Joseph Smith.
Dr. Kelsey Klotz, on Brubeck, Brahms & 1959
We welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Kelsey Klotz, who will be leading the Jazz Appreciation online workshop. Dr. Klotz is a lecturer in UNC Charlotte’s Department of Art & Art History, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University a Ph.D. in Musicology with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, with a piano concentration. We caught up to Kelsey to talk about her background and her choice of topic for this class.