Jazz & Improvisation have been important to the musical landscape of University of Delaware for decades. Consisting of big bands, combos, academic classes, and private lessons, the Jazz program has ...

How winging it can help non-musicians learn music. Improvisation can be a powerful introductory tool for those learning to make music for the first time. And believe it or not, people new to music ...

Compared to almost 40 years ago, when I started "learning" jazz, there is an unbelievably HUGE amount of information currently available on the subject. We are deeply indebted to the A,B,C's of jazz ...

Jazz saxophone improvisation is more than playing the right notes—it's about expressing your unique voice in real time. From mastering scales and chord progressions to shaping tone and using ...

Jazz is complex music that even some professional musicians have difficulty playing. Yet somehow, jazz-band teachers create new jazz musicians out of youngsters who just a few years earlier knew ...

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

The future of jazz is bolstered by the fact that many school and university music programs teach jazz. Learning to playing any musical instrument is hard, but playing jazz is the ultimate challenge.