Performing was predestined for Tom "TomCat Trumpet" Burke. Growing up around musicians and the touring lifestyle as the son of a Broadway musician, Burke spent his early years moving around the ...

Jazz Music and its Choreographies of Listening -- "Its Bite and Its Feeling" : The Quadroon Ball and Jazz's New Orleans Plaçage Complex -- "Lindy Hopper's Delight" : The Chick Webb Orchestra and the ...

Reginald Ray-Savage spent three decades teaching, mentoring and inspiring dancers in Oakland while building one of the Bay ...

Dancer-turned-filmmaker Khadifa Wong's debut documentary, 'Uprooted,' explores the history and evolution of jazz dance, from its slavery-era roots through hip-hop and beyond. By Sheri Linden Senior ...

Opening its $82 million Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in April 2019 was a game-changer for La Jolla Music Society. So was the pandemic-fueled shutdown of live events across the country and ...

Join host and choreographer Frank Soares for a 20-minute jazz dance workout, joined by Lilian Gonzalez and Suzie Elias. Get ready to channel your inner Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, or Avril Lavigne with ...

We’ve done a lot of listening back. So where is jazz today? Writers and musicians including Sonny Rollins, Melanie Charles and Terri Lyne Carrington share their favorites from this millennium. By ...

It’s always fascinating to hear how musicians from other countries have taken “America’s music” — Jazz — and adapted it to suit their ethnic and cultural heritage. This is especially true when one ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Reggae, house, step, ballet, tap, jazz: Listen to the sounds that have inspired great choreographers. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so ...