Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground was quite a fan of jazz. In fact, he enjoyed the unique perspective of jazz and its freedom. Free-form jazz, specifically, could have easily inspired unique (and ...

The Byrds weren’t attempting to sound jazzy. Instead, they wanted to incorporate some of Coltrane’s approaches into their music. Like any other genre of music, rock is constantly developing. In the ...

The emergence of jazz-rock fusion in American music in the late 1960s was controversial. To some, those who played it were traitors to the cause of jazz. Others thought it has saved jazz from ...

The NY Times recently published an op-ed on the aging of rock music as a genre and of its first generation of musicians (specifically the ones who played “Oldchella”). It included the following claim: ...

From yacht rock to blues to jazz to a debut of an Aussie DJ, San Diego has a list of great shows to catch this holiday week.

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

Hermetic Science was founded in January 1996 as rock’s first vibes/marimba power trio. In the band’s early days, California’s ...

It must have been maddening for Frank Zappa to work with rock musicians. His ambitious ideas were often impossible to perform. Sometimes, the body’s physical limitations just can’t keep up with the ...

It’s official: Syracuse Jazz Fest is on for 2025 with some big names on the lineup, including three Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. The 39th edition of the Syracuse International Jazz Festival will take ...

Founding member of the jazz-rock band Chicago, Walter Parazaider, passed away this morning, June 17, in hospice. His daughter, Felicia Helen Parazaider, announced his death on Facebook, writing, "I ...