mDecks Music, a leader in innovative music education resources, has released a groundbreaking new book series dedicated to mastering jazz standards. This comprehensive collection provides musicians ...

Virtually every band plays a few cover songs. Some play nothing but. In the jazz world, the term "jazz standard" is code for a classic song that's been covered many times by many artists over the ...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. Some of what we now call jazz standards originated on Broadway, while others were initially ...

If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...

Though women have always played a leading role as jazz performers, they have seldom gotten the credit they deserve as writers. Jazz drummer, composer/producer and three-time Grammy winner Terri Lyne ...

The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...

Not sure which jazz tunes to start with? In this video, I break down 25 essential jazz standards—curated specifically for beginners. These songs will help you build a solid repertoire, develop your ...

We are two female jazz singers, jazz researchers and lovers of jazz. And we have discovered jazz gave us another shared experience – sexism. We’d both experienced garden variety sexism. Wendy was ...

An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and additions on almost ...

The track suggests a clever, affectionate tribute to an enduring work of art — and that's before Hersch even gets around to his jaunty yet exploratory piano solo. On Sunday, Hersch could conceivably ...