Recommended Listenings

Living These Times

Fernando Huergo, Luciana Souza, Jacques Schwarz-Bart

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Lilacs in Winter

Maryanne de Prophetis, Frank Kimbrough, Ron Horton

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Oceanic

Alvaro Is Rojas

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Two for the Road

Jill Seifers Walsh, Mika Pohjola

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News & Articles

Op-Ed: Climate Issues Talks for Change in Music Production

In spite of limited achievements in the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference...

Op-Ed: The Arts Industry Revolution Puts Money On the Backseat

As today's omnidirectional communications have sprung unlimited location insensitive fanship toward...

NHL Ice Hockey Players Hum Solos for Improved Performance

For decades, music of the sports has been based on distorted rock guitar and triumphant national...

English Breakfast Bridges Pohjola on British Jazz Festival Scene.

Even the English themselves agree that there's something strange, or "wicked", about the British in...

Jazz Education

Jazz Theory Bundle

Jazz Theory Bundle is a collection of thorough information in short form, and comprises essential considerations in jazz harmony. It includes practical lists on instrumentation and inspiring ideas for practicing improvisation. Jazz Theory Bundle includes Chords, Functions & Scales, Upper Structure Triads, Improvisation Ideas, Patterns & Exercises... learn more

Musicians

Akiko Pavolka | vocalist

is a Japanese-born vocalist, composer and educator based in New York. Her strikingly original music blends pop and jazz with the music and sensibilities of her native Japan. She has released four albums as a leader. Her band House of... learn more

Jill Seifers Walsh | vocalist

grew up in Portland, Oregon, studied at Berklee College of Music, started her career in New York City, and lived in Nashville until her untimely death in December 2012. Jill was a modern songwriter with a gift for beautiful melodies and... learn more

Otto Olsson | composer

was a Swedish composer of classical music. Olsson is regarded as one of the greatest organ virtuosos of his time. He studied organ with Lagergren and composition with Dente at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and then joined the... learn more

Roberto Dani | drummer

was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1969. He started playing drums at age 7. In his early twenties, he performed and recorded with the progressive rock group, Devil Doll, before entering Berklee College of Music in 1994. His Berklee period... learn more