For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith ...

When one talks about "jazz piano music," it is almost taken for granted they are talking about jazz piano trio music. The trio is and has been most jazz pianists' favorite format, and with good reason ...

Billy Childs was born on March 8, 1957 in Los Angeles. His parents were both teachers in the Los Angeles school district, and they encouraged their son to play the piano they had in their home. At age ...

Keyboard player and composer Chick Corea was born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Mass., on June 12, 1941. His father, a Dixieland trumpet player, introduced Corea to jazz at an early age. By the ...

Bill Evans is one of the giants of jazz piano. Born in Plainfield, N.J., in 1929, Evans grew up watching his mother and older brother play the piano. At age 6, he began his own classical piano lessons ...

You don’t need a full band to bring a jazz standard to life, just three key techniques. In this video, I’ll show you how to ...

Miles Davis is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of jazz music. Over the course of his career, he had a significant impact on jazz piano, jazz composition, and jazz ...

“Jazz is new every time. There isn’t the restriction of the exact notes you must play in classical music,” says 17-year-old Harry Scott. A senior at Mayo High School this fall, Scott knows a thing or ...