Zara McFarlane may have been made in Britain, but she belongs to Jamaica. The...
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Most fans of American jazz and pop vocalists would agree that Ella Fitzgerald and...
South Africans had specific attitudes to American jazz during the liberation struggle against apartheid....
Almost exactly 60 years ago, in the crisp, early spring of 1958, a young...
The guitarist and educator has lived in the city for ten years, honing his...
Few guitarists are as beloved by fans and musicians as Lenny Breau. He played...
Guitarist Wes Montgomery’s legendary 1965 concert in Paris has been released under many titles,...
Yesterday, I listened to British tenor saxophonist Leo Richardson’s new album. It pays tribute...
Yesterday, I came across this splendid newly surfaced video of the Dave Brubeck Quartet,...
The 1950s provide us with an endless bounty of tasty trumpet players whose names...
Trumpeter Donald Byrd first came to New York from Detroit in 1955, when he...
Authorship of the jazz standard Four has always been in question. Miles Davis was the first...
