When it comes to jazz violin, Kit Eakle is on a mission. A skilled improviser himself, he’s become the Bay Area’s foremost champion of an instrument long marginalized in jazz. As a player, he’s ...

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 ...

One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played ...

Mads Tolling is a worldly musician. Raised in Denmark, the Grammy-winning jazz violinist moved to the U.S. to study at Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music. He’s now based in the Bay Area. When ...

Although there have been jazz violinists ever since the music began, formal jazz education programs in schools usually are set up to cater mostly to trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm sections ...

In a nice piece of symmetry, Scofield, along with John Medeski and the 19-piece Konglomerat Big Band, paid homage to Seifert and his music with a gala concert in Kraków that concluded the 3rd Zbigniew ...

Ask even the most devoted jazz fan to name as many major jazz violinists as he can, and the most he'll come up with is probably four: Joe Venuti, Eddie South, Stuff Smith and Stephane Grappelli. All ...

Before the days of digital photography, X-rays were developed onto a thick plastic-like material. Doctors would view them by clipping them to tables that projected light through the back of image, ...

Like many teenagers, violinist Regina Carter had to keep a secret from her parents. No, it wasn’t a boyfriend, a bad report card or an all-night party. In her case, the secret was an interest in jazz.

The late Stephane Grappelli is perhaps the best-known jazz violinist in history. His collaborations with guitarist Django Reinhardt have influenced countless musicians. A comparison to Grappelli is ...