This article was submitted on behalf of Roswell Rudd. Back in the 1960's, avant-garde was one of the terms used to categorize the new music. Because I was coming from Dixieland Jazz into this new ...

Trillium Chamber Players perform two concerts this weekend featuring Schumann’s profound song cycle “Dichterliebe” on the first half of the program and “Cascade,” avant ...

Visionary Canadian-born pianist Paul Bley, a pivotal figure in the avant-garde jazz movement known for his innovative trio and solo recordings, has died. He was 83. Bley died Sunday of natural causes ...

When the lineup was announced for the 25th Concert of Colors — Detroit’s free annual diversity-themed music festival — Griot Galaxy immediately jumped out. No Detroit jazz ensemble is more legendary ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For a lot of music fans, The Bad Plus came to public attention as a piano-based trio, covering the likes of Nirvana, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Rush and Blondie alongside their own ...

A lot of jazz lovers cringe when they hear hip-hop, which is too bad, since the two genres share so much rhythmically and thematically. When it comes to sophisticated syncopation and surprise, the pop ...

In Free Jazz perhaps the pioneering work to my mind came from John Coltrane whose slow but determined brick-by-brick removal of all intellectual barriers in Jazz seems now like a historical ...

ANN ARBOR, MI-- Avant-garde jazz festival, Edgefest, will celebrate its 25th anniversary when it comes to Ann Arbor Oct. 28-30. Avant-garde jazz combines music from all genres to create ...

Earlier this week, an array of news outlets in New York City reported a macabre discovery: The body of a 53-year-old man was found floating in a Queens marina, fully clothed, with chains wrapped ...

NEW YORK — Visionary Canadian-born pianist Paul Bley, a pivotal figure in the avant-garde jazz movement known for his innovative trio and solo recordings, has died. He was 83. Bley died Sunday of ...