West Coast jazz has no real beginning and no specific founder. It's a sound that evolved from a range of influences, including Lester Young's relaxed sound on the tenor saxophone, Count Basie's swing ...

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A musical moment inspired by the classic sounds and atmosphere of The Sound of Music. The video captures a memorable ...

Sounds like: A tumbleweed rolling through a downtown jazz club. Guitarist Ryan Meagher and saxophonist Bryan Smith know how goofy their band’s name sounds. That’s half the reason they chose it. “By ...

In honor of the film's 57th anniversary, we're celebrating (and, well, singing along) with Maria, the Captain and the rest of the von Trapp family who won our hearts back in 1965 "The hills are alive ...

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This story is adapted from Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction, by David George Haskell. I first held a violin in my late forties.