ECM regularly tops lists of the best jazz labels though their full name—Edition of Contemporary Music—would argue for a broader scope of content. A substantial number of their most popular albums, ...

If you love jazz music and always wanted to play in a jazz orchestra, don’t give up your dreams and try out some of the easiest jazz instruments to learn. It is never too late to start learning. But ...

Jazz is strange enough for some listeners. Dig a little deeper and it gets ever so bizarre. Throughout the music's history, particular instruments have risen to challenge of playing improvised music.

JAKARTA: With great precision and agility, Seto Noviantoro’s fingers glided across the strings of an Indonesian musical instrument, while his right arm moved the bow back and forth. Despite its ...

When it comes to jazz violin, Kit Eakle is on a mission. A skilled improviser himself, he’s become the Bay Area’s foremost champion of an instrument long marginalized in jazz. As a player, he’s ...

The Turtle Island String Quartet consists of classically trained musicians who turned to jazz. The quartet has bended the lines between classical, jazz, blues and world music for two decades. When you ...

Violinist Kit Eakle says that 2016-17 is the season of the jazz string ensemble, and judging by the lineup for the fourth Point Richmond Jazz season, he’s got the goods to prove it. Drawing primarily ...