jazz

Whether it is weekly ensembles or monthly free jazz jams, online theory courses, or performances by world-renowned artists, the Milwaukee Jazz Institute is taking jazz education by storm.

Last weekend, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music sent an ensemble of high school students to a prestigious jazz competition in New York City. It was a…

Every jazz musician has to start somewhere. Jazz great Thelonious Monk played church organ as a teen in New York. Miles Davis picked up the trumpet at age…

For some people, jazz is life. Trumpeter Eric Jacobson is one of those people.Locals may know him as part of the Wisconsin Conservatory’s jazz sextet We…

One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of teaching improvisation is a contradiction in…

Please note: This interview originally aired in June, 2013.It's been said that you can recognize trumpeter Herb Alpert within the first three notes of a…

The Jazz Lab Combo, from MPS’s Milwaukee High School of the Arts is one of just two student groups in the country to win a major national award from…

Milwaukee-raised songstress Lili K started performing young - through church and elementary school choirs. The Milwaukee High School of the Arts alum…

Singer Jeannine Rivers has been serenading the Milwaukee area for years. Whether she’s at Caroline’s, the Pfister’s BLU Bar and Lounge or West Bend’s Café…

When you listen to Milton, Wisconsin native Kat Reinhert, you can hear lots of influences in her music. She is a jazz singer and songwriter, but her…