Great American Songbook composers, Harold Arlen (nee Hyman Arluck, 1905-1986), composed music for over...
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“They make a beeline to. When I’m introduced, they blurt out, ‘Oh!’ and I...
Few Americans know much about it, but a radical midcentury revolution in jazz was...
This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Joan Baez for my “House Call” column...
Thelonious Monk’s recording career as a leader only lasted twenty-four years, from 1947 to...
Nigel Jarrett is enthralled at Black Mountain Jazz, Abergavenny, by the quartet led by...
For many of us, when it is played live is the best way to...
On its surface, it looks plain. In the annals of popular song, there are...
An argument between two men devolved into a shooting near a New Orleans playground...
Even the very best jazz guitarists rarely receive the attention and plaudits that the...
So much of our history is about establishing records: we are fascinated by who...
Since Pat`s debut album “El Hombre” in 1967 for Prestige Records, a time when...
