What’s so impressive is that the best jazz musicians compose on the spot, night after night, doing the equivalent of long form improvisation in the theater by establishing a theme, working it ...

Trevor Cox reviews The Jazz of Physics: the Secret Link between Music and the Structure of the Universe by Stephon Alexander Universal Themes Stephon Alexander’s new book draws parallels between ...

Riffing off Elizabeth Bishop, this chronicle of loss is not just a catalog of loss but a lesson: Sometimes we know who we are by remembering what we’ve lost. “Learn to lose as if/your life ...

Many of them are riffing on the coming year, 2020, with themes that hark back to the Roaring ‘20s. Here’s where you can dance ...

Sir Mick Jagger has just released two singles riffing on Brexit and the global ... Although neither song explicitly mentions Brexit or Trump, the themes obviously influenced Jagger's lyrics.