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 ...

That's how Laufey, who now plays the cello and guitar as well, first fell in love with classical music. Later on, she would develop a taste for jazz after combing through her Icelandic economist ...

Chavez is a jazz vocalist and pianist while Douglas plays upright and electric bass. "We set up wherever they tell us − a lobby or a cafeteria," Chavez said. "There's nothing like music ...