British composer and improvising-trombonist Alex Paxton seems to have been enjoying the life of a rising star. In the past few years he has managed to release two albums: Music for Bosch People in ...

In every moment of Happy Music For Orchestra, composer and trombonist Alex Paxton strives for maximised sensation. Leading an orchestra through chaotic arrangements at breakneck speed, often recalling ...

The first leg of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival begins this week, and with it comes the annual migration to the city of Jazz Dads and their unironic, if occasionally cringy, love of cargo ...

Music is the language of emotions, arousing and regulating our feelings. For example, research has shown that college students listen to music 37% of the time, and it fills them with happiness, ...

Most people know intuitively that music can be a good way to pump yourself up or get the creative juices flowing — and a new study brings some scientific evidence to the connection. It finds that ...

New Orleans Police Department employee Edward Ordogne Jr. can’t personally greet everyone coming into the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, but he sure tries. In a video posted on Twitter Sunday, ...