I am getting ill tempered in my old age. I wanted to finally find a disc that I disliked, and I thought it had been delivered in the form of A New Dance by the vocal quartet Syncopation. There was ...

- The Boston Globe Thoroughly modern, bright and fresh take on ensemble jazz vocals that effectively updates the entire genre." - AllAboutJazz.com The electrifying, Boston-based vocal jazz quartet ...

It would not be an understatement that Jazz, as a musical genre, defies all definitions. While it is not difficult to understand the musical theory, if one wishes to embark on a study, it is not at ...

An old musicians’ joke defines syncopation as being particularly popular with brass players because it involves ‘an uneven movement from bar to bar’. The actual definition, however, is a shift in ...