The Community Jazz Center of Greater Des Moines offers monthly jam sessions to young musicians interested in jazz and improvisation. This year, they are celebrating 35 years of education. In the early ...

SPENCER — As the name suggests, the “Ole Friends Band” is just that, a group of friends who have been involved in music for most of their lives and have fun getting together to have jam sessions. The ...

They announced I was leading it so I asked, and got blank stares in return. It was clearly the wrong question, so I followed up: Is it Standards? Is it Free Improvisation? Is it a reading of original ...

Jam sessions are strange creatures. A friend recently told me a story about a session he went to in a private home where a visiting pianist had basically come loaded for bear and would not relinquish ...

Lenny Kravitz has a soft spot for young fans — especially those who share his name! The rock icon is currently performing shows in Europe on his Electric Blue Light Tour, and he spotted a young fan ...