Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several ...

Cover of 'The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method: The Player’s Guide to Authentic Stylings.'"; One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of ...

Through an analysis of a transcription of Hank Mobley's solo over the changes to the tune Remember, from his 1960 recording Soul Station, watch how this master of bebop improvisation uses chord tones ...

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Jazz and Improvisation is for musicians pursuing careers in jazz, studio recording, and performance in contemporary idioms (popular, world, experimental). The core ...

The late jazz pianist Joan Wildman with WUWM's Maayan Silver at Wildman's house in 2012. The modern piano keyboard has 88 keys. And the late Joan Wildman was a master of all of them. Her ...

Improvisation was regarded as an important skill in Western music from its earliest days right through the 19th century. Pianist Gabriela Montero points out that J. S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

In a Count Basie performance of the “Basie Boogie,” the musician's fingers fly across the piano keys as if they are doing the dance themselves. Saxophone, clarinet and string soloists add their own ...

The festival ranged from the vocals of Cécile McLorin Salvant and Diana Krall to the explosive sounds of Kamasi Washington and improvised hip hop of Samant.