Jazz House Kids uses this home-grown music called jazz as a teaching tool for young people. We use it to build global citizens and community leaders... to move young people’s lives forward. —Melissa ...

For over 20 years, Montclair, N.J.'s Jazz House Kids has built a reputation for excellence in music education. Promising young musicians walk through its doors and receive the kind of training that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Jazz is the sound of freedom!" Jazz House Kids is a New Jersey-based nonprofit on a mission to help kids become more empowered ...

MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- As we continue to highlight community heroes under our #BetterTogether campaign, we introduce a New Jersey woman who is paving the path for future jazz artists. "It just makes this ...

One day during a school visit, recording artist Melissa Walker told students to imagine they had tool belts under their chairs. Then, she began “filling” the belts with the skills and values jazz ...

Coleman Hughes, 17, a trombone player from the Jazz House Big Band, won the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award at the Essentially Ellington competition. (Jazz House Kids) Last week, Jazz House ...

When Melissa Walker describes the genesis of her music initiatives — Jazz House Kids, one of the nation's top arts education nonprofits; the Montclair Jazz Festival, the biggest in the state; and ...