He was nicknamed Bird and he soared in his music – if not in...
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A Black-empowering label’s catalog from the 1970s is re-released. Should Black people helm its...
By the mid-1950s, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz had become a sensation as a soloist...
In 1964, Canadian filmmaker Gilles Groulx directed Le Chat Dans le Sac (The Cat in...
On February 28, 1978, pianist Mary Lou Williams was at Les Mouches, a restaurant...
If we’re evaluating jazz musicians on tone alone, Art Farmer was perhaps the prettiest...
Boss tenors take charge. I don’t know how else to put it. When a...
In the 1950s, musicians who could play jazz, blues and R&B increased their income...
Fifty years ago, Herbie Hancock formed a sextet on the vanguard of electroacoustic music....
Guitarist Pat Martino cooked, especially in clubs. He’s probably best known for his version...
Horace Parlan’s body of work remains special and he should be thought of as...
While this isn’t possible and wouldn’t be even if they were still with us...
