On Monday evenings, musicians and vocalists flock to Napoleon’s Grill in the Oak Grove community of Decatur. Without ...

Jazz—the real McCoy—has been defined as “collective improvisation.” The Pentecostal gift of tongues is most likely to descend on jazz musicians when they are not hampered by printed notes.

Arlington resident John O’Malley, 65, sings under a spotlight during a weekly jam session Jan. 29 at the F6 Art Lounge. The ...

Jam sessions are strange creatures. A friend recently told me a story about a session he went to in a private home where a visiting pianist had basically come loaded for bear and would not relinquish ...

Frigid temperatures and residual snow from Winter Storm Fern couldn’t stop musicians from across the country from attending Saturday’s Open Jam session at downtown Owensboro’s Bluegrass Music Hall of ...

When walking into the East Simpson Coffee Company in Lafayette, it might be easy to confuse the music as simply coming from the speakers. But take a walk upstairs and one can’t miss the group of ...

"A marvelous crucible." That's how Norman Granz described the atmosphere of exciting and challenging musical athleticism that developed from jazz jam sessions in the early '40s. Though Granz was not ...

The Community Jazz Center of Greater Des Moines offers monthly jam sessions to young musicians interested in jazz and improvisation. This year, they are celebrating 35 years of education. In the early ...

It’s not every day when a jam session and a drum circle get going at the Tournament House in Pasadena. The closest it gets is Rose Parade day, when dozens of marching bands ramp up the drums and the ...

Charlotte, it’s time to get ready for a festival. MaxxMusic and NoDa Brewing Company will come together to bring the city a multi-day music festival Aug. 19-21. “Our partnership with NoDa Brewing ...

Last week in the swank Viennese Room of Manhattan’s St. Regis Roof Garden, a select group of swing fans sat out the most gilt-edged concert yet recorded in the annals of pure, impromptu swing.