The biggest threat to the future of jazz? Classical music

Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public.
Chicago Tribune

Classical, jazz and experimental music for fall 2025, from a new river concert to the CSO

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...
The Durango Herald

The mysterious classical-jazz vibe: Maynes and O’Neal merge two musical worlds

Musicians pay tribute to Corea-Burton-Ozone in Durango, Farmington Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How about ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

OPINION | ART HOBSON: Fayetteville music scene jazzed up at arts center

'Tis a privilege to live in Fayetteville, especially if you love the arts. The Symphony of NWA, TheatreSquared and Walton Arts Center productions are all world class. Furthermore, the University of ...
The New York Times

The Curious Case of ‘Naughty Little Nora,’ a Jazz Age Shape Shifter

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs. A 1934 portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van ...
Chicago Sun-Times

10 classical, world music and jazz concerts to see in Chicago this holiday season

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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 ...