The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

Born in Puerto Rico in 1957, Néstor Torres began learning the flute at the age of 12. Moving with his family to New York when he was 18, he studied jazz and classical music at the Mannes College of ...

If you ask jazz flutist Ali Ryerson about her career path in music, she’ll tell you this: “I had what I call a perfect storm to become a jazz player growing up.” Her three older brothers were ...

It's easy to make the case for a symbiosis between wine and jazz but harder to sound persuasive when arguing that the perfect accompaniment to listening to jazz on a crisp autumn afternoon is a nice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Burgundy has two passions: Becoming a network anchor and playing the jazz flute. While he would achieve the former in ...

Flute On The Edge is a thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat predictable, jazz release by a flute-led jazz quartet. Jeremy Steig addresses the issue of flute as jazz instrument slightly differently than ...

The eight tracks on Jeff Dingler's new jazz album In Transit are as fascinating as they are beautiful. In ways both abstract and concrete, the songs reflect the cross-cultural inspirations that fueled ...

The Marshall University School of Music will present the second installment of “Flute Music Mostly by Flutists,” a concert ...

*Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside has releasesed a brand-new single titled “Off The Cuff” on the Randis Music label (scroll down to HEAR it). The flirty new groove, co-written by ...

Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...