Jazz – Arts and Music: Recent Episodes
Jazz – Arts and Music
Joshua Scott Carter as Stone, the detective, with Mary Beth Black as Oolie, the secretary. I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. City of Angels at IU’s Ruth N. Halls Theatre is a musical inspired by those dark mystery dramas like The Maltese Falcon. Larry Gelbart’s book with David Zipel‘s lyrics and Cy Coleman’s jazzy score […]
I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]
"The Singing Hoosier's and the Chimes of Christmas goes backdecades. We've welcomed the Vocal Jazz Ensemble to join us since their inception." Ly Wilder
Is music-making valuable only when pursued toward mastery? The St. Charles Parent Band revels in its amateur status, yet nudges members toward improvement.
Bloomington Parks and Rec is using live musical performances to enhance environmental awareness with its Nature Sounds series.
Inspired by acclaimed guitarist and founder of hot jazz, Django Reinhardt, ‘The Double Digits’ perform "Lulu Swing," featuring all acoustic instruments.
Trio talk: trumpeter and IU faculty member Pat Harbison, drummer and bandleader Mitch Shiner, and WFIU's David Brent Johnson discuss the movie "Whiplash."
I was set for music college as a bass,but on the radio there was the countertenor Andreas Scholl and knew that I wanted to sing like that." Timothy Wayne-Wright
For over 40 years, Bloomington jazz legend David Miller has been at the forefront of South Central Indiana’s music scene.
Described as “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years,” Stryker is currently an adjunct lecturer in jazz guitar at IU.
A six-time Grammy nominee, Wayne Wallace joined the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music faculty as a professor of practice in 2013.
One of two IU faculty members to be nominated for a Grammy this year, Wallace is a committed educator and a proponent of the continued relevance of Latin jazz.
What happens when an orchestra drops out? A Bela Fleck concert at the IU Auditorium creates controversy around Bloomington
She brings songs from the Great American Songbook and Weimar cabaret, alongside her originals, to Greencastle Thursday night.
Christine Salem, controversial singer of banned slave songs, invited local chanteuse Janiece Jaffe to join her Lotus set for a musical meeting of spirits.
Hearing this year's Themester topic "Networks" an immediate association is probably social media, which is used by many individuals, companies - and musicians.
The new director of the Singing Hoosiers is nationally-known choral conductor, pianist, arranger and educator Steve Zegree.
Indiana University's Business Careers in Entertainment Club holds first annual 2-day, multi-genre music festival across music venues in Bloomington.
Soprano Sylvia McNair’s vocal talents range from oratorio and opera to musical theater.
The Jacobs School of Music's future-looking appointment brings a acclaimed vocal jazz educator to Bloomington.
Jazz major Hunter Diamond likes a challenge, which might be why he is spending a significant amount of practice time learning two new instruments.
The 15-year-old guitarist is making a name for herself across south-central Indiana. She hopes to make it to the national scene before she turns 20.
Purists objected to Kaia's pairing of a shape note hymn and Radiohead. "What have you done to our music?" wrote Youtube viewers. "Who do you think you are?"
The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic presents a 'big band evening' with saxophonist Richie Cole and the vocal group Five by Design.
The annual Hoagy Carmichael birthday concert is an opportunity for local musicians to perform tunes beyond the greatest hits.
In NPR's A Blog Supreme, WFIU's David Brent Johnson revisits five musical testaments to the not-dead-yet world of 1970s big-band music.
WFIU's David Brent Johnson offers some wickedly good jazz suggestions for the season, in his latest contribution to NPR's A Blog Supreme.
Staples is a legendary performer who's received Grammy nominations in blues, gospel, folk and pop alike.
Thursdays at Third Street is a series that honors both the creativity of the Bloomington community and the loyalty of Bloomington audiences.
A six-year-old nonprofit dedicated to connecting and empowering women sponsors a lively annual festival.
A tape of a group featuring the young Freddie Hubbard offers a rare chance to hear the world of live jazz in mid-20th century Indianapolis.
More than 30 musicians, including Andre Watts and Jaime Laredo, will perform at IU to benefit victims of the disaster in the Pacific.
The Shalom Center advocates for the most vulnerable among us and promotes activities that empower persons to develop their assets to the fullest extent possible.
IU graduate and former Bloomington resident Sara Caswell on road life with a surprise Grammy winner.
Jazz educator Monika Herzig and other musicians and educators are bringing Indiana jazz to life for area school children.
Findings indicate the same neurotransmitter that is released when humans are engaging in pleasurable activities, such as eating food, is also released when listeners hear their favorite song.
Saxophonist and composer Al Cobine donned many hats in his working career as a musician, including a close relationship with IU's Singing Hoosiers.