Showcasing some of the finest live Latin jazz/soul music, “Cool Jazz: Featuring Alfredo Rodriguez” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in ...

free jazz, cool jazz, and acid jazz. The etymology of the word ‘jazz’ can be traced back to the slang term, ‘jasm’ which was coined in the 1860s, meaning “pep, energy”. Instruments that had previously ...