As a jazz educator and performer in New York City, I’ve spent decades studying and teaching modal jazz to students […]

I’ll never forget watching a student’s face light up during their first jazz ensemble session. “Wait,” they said, eyes wide, […]

I still remember the first time I heard Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz. I was a conservatory student, comfortable with bebop […]

A trumpet’s cry echoes through New Orleans streets in 1910. Fast forward to today: a producer layers saxophone samples over […]

The first time I heard a live Latin jazz band in New York, I knew I’d heard something like it […]

I’ll never forget the first time I heard “Cold Sweat” blast through my neighbor’s speakers in 1967. I was supposed […]

I am at the New York office of Notion, a successful startup from Silicon Valley that focuses on collaboration tools. […]

The improvisational language of jazz and that of Hindustani (North Indian) music share manysimilarities, which we will get to in […]

Life is a beautiful journey, made all the more so by the people we spend our time with. Upon visiting […]

The melodic minor scale (in its ascending form) is notoriously elusive for intermediate jazz students. It is also indispensable, and […]

We had a fantastic time in Brazil. It was a first for the New York Jazz Workshop to hold a […]