Back when Matt Nemeth was a student at Koda Middle School in Clifton Park, he tried his hand at jazz. He had started piano lessons at age 5, so he already knew his way around the keyboard. But jazz.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — The Jazzscape Junior Foundation is helping Lowcountry teens learn jazz. The group provides free music lessons and instruments to kids around the Lowcountry. “All you have to do ...

Trombone at the ready, head cocked slightly to the right, Joe Giordano is listening hard to his big band mates during a rehearsal of "Tiptoe," a Thad Jones tune that's bright, crisp and swinging, all ...