Washington Times

Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’ transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions

NEW YORK — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds - participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night ...
Jazz

Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 1: "The Blues"

Viewed in this way, we can see the blues as a quest for existential answers to questions that have always been, and always will be—they have no beginning, and no end. In my article about Harmony and ...
The Conversation

Rhapsody in Blue: celebrating 100 years of Gershwin’s groundbreaking classical‑jazz masterpiece

George Gershwin’s 1924 composition Rhapsody in Blue is so timeless that it seems scarcely possible that he composed it 100 years ago. Its centenary offers us a special opportunity to celebrate this ...