Practicing improvisation starts with learning the language: scales, arpeggios, and chord changes. Musicians study jazz ...

Backing tracks are a valuable practice tool for musicians of all levels. Let’s face it, we don’t all live in a major city where we can play with top players every night and sometimes we need some ...

With the band Kneebody, the music of saxophonist, bassoonist and composer Ben Wendel is exuberant and often brash. His work on his own has tended to be more nuanced and subtle. On his latest recording ...