January 30, 2023
Credit: Jeremiah True, St. Louis Music, P. Mauriat Brand Manager Jazz is widely considered by many to be the most diverse form of music on planet earth. From 19th century “Delta Style” blues to Traditional New Orleans “riverboat jazz,” from Coltrane to Kenny G, solo piano to modern jazz orchestra, Chick Corea’s Elektric Band to […]
April 1, 2021
When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841, he couldn’t possibly have imagined how popular the instrument would become. The saxophone is regarded by many as being the backbone of jazz. Its players are some of the most talented in history, and their music will live on for centuries. There have been countless saxophonists throughout […]
January 26, 2016
A chorus of women singing at the city’s music hall was all the talk in 1876 Chicago. Only four years earlier the great fire had destroyed the business district and left over 100,000 people homeless. The attention paid to such news of women performing for the first time in public was emblematic of a town’s […]
