Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several ...

Cover of 'The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method: The Player’s Guide to Authentic Stylings.'"; One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of ...

Most anyone can sit down at the piano, learn the open position chord, and begin creating music. The idea that you can create a complete piano improvisation in five minutes seems undoable to most.

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

When most people think about musical improvisation, they imagine Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, inventing melodies in smoky jazz clubs. But the act of musical improv isn't a 20th century invention.

There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

In a Count Basie performance of the “Basie Boogie,” the musician's fingers fly across the piano keys as if they are doing the dance themselves. Saxophone, clarinet and string soloists add their own ...