Houston sax player Woody Witt and his big band will be playing songs from the cult favorite soundtrack.

Scholarspeak postponed, a blast of word music opens Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan (Duke University Press). It’s nighttime in Yokohama and E. Taylor Atkins riffs loose and free on Mix ...

My friend Rhonda Laurie is a swinging jazz singer (Sidewalk Café and more), music business instructor and underground promoter. Right now she's trying to put together a fundraising event to support ...

THE year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines, and to mark the occasion, The Japan Foundation, Manila will present Harmony of ...

With support from the United States-Japan Foundation, the event featured a spirited conversation between icons of creative expression.

The history of travel literature is a long one, appearing shortly after Europeans started making trips across the continent and across the world. The form is a combination of diary writing, ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month. It’s also National Poetry Month. And the 2024 Unbound Book Festival wraps up Sunday. So it only seemed apropos to exchange emails with my friend Wayne Zade — a jazz ...

Vivacious melodies filled the streets of Yokosuka city for three days as dozens of bands brought their music just outside the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet. Dulcet vocals, dynamic saxophone solos and ...

The Temple University Jazz Band is preparing for a banner year in 2026, with several international concerts and a performance at an invitation-only collegiate competition on the docket. But the ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – For his whole life, Jay Clemons and music have been inseparable. Clemons, a chief warrant officer assigned to U.S. Army Japan, was a self-described “band geek” in middle and high ...

A detail from the cover of Minoru Muraoka's collaboration with Herbie Mann, Gagaku and Beyond. It took some time to count the stamps on my passports, but it turns out I've averaged one trip to Japan ...

Learn taiko from TaikoArts Midwest and meet Tiffany Tamaribuchi, an O-Daiko player. Taiko drumming is an art form that balances music, dance, and athletics into a dynamic demonstration of Japanese ...