For 15 years now, Tuba Skinny has plied its trad-jazz trade, but its obeisance to the old style still seems fresh and wonderful. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER ...
Exactly 100 years ago this winter, two recordings features Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet marked the triumph of New Orleans jazz as the singular music of the American character, columnist Quin ...
Quin Hillyer The virtuosos from the Crescent City, usually acclaimed as the two greatest wind-instrument performers of New Orleans traditional jazz, were the young cornetist Louis Armstrong ...
The sources of Anderson’s always-evolving art are eclectic, ranging from jazz standards and improvisation, to Navajo spinning songs and the traditional melodies his grandfather hums, the scenery ...
Techniques like strumming, flatpicking and fingerpicking are at the core of my musicality and are combined with influences from classcial, traditional, jazz and contemporary sound realms.