I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...

Jazz, America’s truly indigenous art form, is playing something of a second fiddle in most the major celebrations here this July 4th. At Kimmel Center, however, the fiddle, by Mark O’ Connor, was ...

When Aaron Weinstein, a brilliant, now 28-year-old master of the hot jazz fiddle, was only 13, his life was turned around forever when he first heard a recording by the late Joe Venuti, the pioneering ...

Classically trained violinist Ben Powell makes the leap to jazz in his album New Street, a tribute to the late Stephane Grappelli. "Really, in the womb, my mother was teaching, and I started playing ...

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This video presents a musical journey through the evolution of popular music from the early 20th century to the modern era. Using the violin as the main instrument, the performance highlights ...

We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...

At first, Basil Alter shied away from talking about being one of only three U.S. violinists selected as a semifinalist in a violin competition in China this summer. That’s because to him, being ...

It all started at a luncheon. Thompson Jazz Studies Program Director John Gunther was sitting next to Assistant Professor of Violin Chas Wetherbee. They were just chatting when one of them mentioned ...