To many, composed music and improvised music seem to be opposites, but in jazz, they merge in a unique fashion. It has been said that the best improvised music sounds composed, and that the best ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

“It’s not exactly straight ahead, it’s not avant-garde, it’s not fusion, it’s Renee music,” he said in an email. “You hear the jazz tradition, you hear classical influences, you hear ...