We tend to think of Ahamd Jamal as a pioneer of the elegant jazz trio, a style he perfected in the 1950s by making ample use of space, swing and the upper register of the piano keyboard. Or we think ...

A couple years ago I immersed myself in the music of Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin, who’s basically a jazz improviser and has created a unique sound on the Fender Rhodes. On his 2014 solo album, ...

During the politically and culturally turbulent late 1960s and '70s, many jazz musicians attempted to appeal to a younger and more diverse audience that grew up listening to artists such as James ...

Adrian Carr is an audio mastering engineer and teaches audio courses at SUNY Plattsburgh. He's also a musician and composer. He spoke to me recently about some new inspiration from vintage equipment, ...

LOS ANGELES -- Harold Burroughs Rhodes, a music teacher turned inventor whose revolutionary electric piano became a favorite of jazz and rock musicians, is dead at 89. Rhodes, who died Dec. 17 of ...

The group's name is a giveaway. Silk, as in smooth, and Rhodes, as in Fender Rhodes, the electric piano that gave a signature sound to a lot of ‘70s funk and soul. By and large, that’s the spiritual ...

“Pain in the ass!” rasps Michael Angelakos as he struggles to heave a Fender Rhodes keyboard onto the stage of Los Angeles’ Henry Fonda Theater. Angelakos, 21, is the benevolent dictator of synth ...