Few drummers make me smile more than Jo Jones. Jones began jazz drumming professionally...
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Jazz and politics go way back. One can argue that Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five...
Along with saxophonist Michaël Attias and trombonist Joe Fiedler. Joel Ross and Good Vibes,...
A few weeks ago I received an email from two ardent Bill Evans fans...
In 1967, Creed Taylor launched CTI Records as a subsidiary of the A&M label....
The 100th anniversary of Nat King Cole’s birth is this Sunday, March 17. Cole...
When many American big-band singers toured Japan and Australia in the early 1960s, musical...
One of our regrets about our college years in Boston during the 1970s is...
In the 60s, the pianist Joachim Kühn was one of the most interesting jazz...
Chicago tenor saxophone giant Von Freeman died in 2012, at age 88, but he...
It’s a winter night in Chicago. Buddy Guy is sitting at the bar of...
John Guare’s works include The House of Blue Leaves, Atlantic City and Six Degrees of Separation. His...
