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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University's School of Music will celebrate its own jazz greats Thursday, Sept. 28, when professors step onstage to swing into the 24th year of the popular Jazz Artist Series.   A quintet of the school's veteran faculty musicians will perform with their newest colleague, bassist Jack Aylor, Sept. 28 in Hinton Hall inside the Wright Mu...

Old Lyme ― Bill Humphreys was a self-described “solo hippie” riding his bike across the country when he found his place as a spoke in the wheel of the first U.S. team to ride in an international stage...

Madison Jazz Festival. $25 ($20 adv.).

Madison Jazz Festival. $25 ($20 adv.).

Live performances by both The Juilliard Jazz Duke Ellington Ensemble and Juilliard Jazz Orchestra were recorded at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, and at Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater and Paul Hall.

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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include RAYE's long-awaited debut, My 21st Century Blues, SYML's stirring The Day My Father Died, the return of Shania Twain and more.Featured Albums:1. SYML — The Day My Father DiedFeatured Songs: "Chariot," "Howling (feat. Lucius)," "Lost Myself (feat. Guy Garvey)," "The Day My Father Died"2. RAYE — My 21st Century BluesFeatured Songs: "The Thrill Is Gone," "Oscar Winni...

  Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify   During the course of a career spanning over four decades, bass luminary Ben Wolfe had earned his stature as one of the forefront composers of our time. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times describes his work as “Mingus and Miles meet Bartok and Bernard Hermann.” Wolfe’s tenth … Continue reading

The food is not just a tasty snack—it’s an ecosystem

Cheese is not just a tasty snack — it’s an ecosystem. And the fungi and bacteria within that ecosystem play a big part in shaping the flavor and texture of the final product.