This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. With every summer break comes the eight-week-or-so refresh and reset ...

Whether you’re selling a product, an idea or yourself, learning to listen, connect and play like an improviser can make all the difference. In my work with clients, my team and I help people create ...

In Becoming Ella Fitzgerald (Norton, Dec.), Tick gives due to the jazz singer’s vocal gifts and musical versatility. I mean the process by which she came to cultivate her own gift. Ella was born with ...

We all know that Malcolm Gladwell quote about 10,000 hours, and while it may cause some subconscious eye rolls, it’s essentially (and unfortunately) true. “Just log hours,” says improv teacher Karen ...

Like his previous 4D (Thirsty Ear, 2010), Shipp presents a solo recording of original compositions and one standard ("Fly Me To The Moon"), but this time adds a second disc with his new trio (since ...

She was revered in the jazz world as a chance taker who communicated an effervescent joy in the pure act of singing. By Barry Singer Sheila Jordan, who was recognized as one of the great singers in ...