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 ...

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 ...

Yesterday, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS Founder + President, Melissa Walker and her husband, 8-time GRAMMY-Award winning Artistic Director Christian McBride appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show to showcase the ...

Montclair's Jazz House Kids packed up their instruments on Wednesday and headed across the Hudson for a star-studded night playing with top jazz artists for 300 guests at the group's sold-out Spring ...

Jazz-house is, to me, the lovechild of two of the sexiest and smoothest of all music genres out there. The genre simultaneously brings more danceability and liveliness to jazz and more sophistication ...

NEW YORK — Ralph Pucci once again transformed his sprawling Manhattan gallery for luxury home furnishings, lighting and art into a jazz club for an evening, this time with a full bar, burgers, a jazz ...

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 ...