Jazz is complex music that even some professional musicians have difficulty playing. Yet somehow, jazz-band teachers create new jazz musicians out of youngsters who just a few years earlier knew ...

Jazz has also begun to win recognition as a valuable part of American culture. In 1996, the U.S. Department of Education included jazz techniques in its national music standards, a set of guidelines ...

Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk—all jazz greats had to start somewhere. For those locally who want to get great, the Milwaukee Jazz Institute has been offering programming since 2020.