There’s no doubt that, if he were alive today, 19th-century Belgian instrument maker Adolphe...
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Between 1961 and ’62, tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons was struggling with a menacing heroin...
Billy Collins is one of America’s most esteemed and endearing poets. He was Poet...
Though the golden age of big band music is associated with the 30s, it...
Drummers have often been the butt of jokes, many of which focus on their...
The jazz world has been renowned for producing a steady stream of super-talented virtuoso...
Born in Argentina, Lalo Schifrin is part of a small group of 1950s jazz...
The last time I saw pianist Bill Charlap was in July at 92Y’s Jazz in...
Count Basie fans tend to focus on his hard-driving “Super Chief” bands of the...
In 1946, the classically inclined arranger Ralph Burns brought a three-part neo-Impressionist suite to...
In his introduction to Learning to Listen, master vibraphonist Gary Burton offers readers the choice...
Playboy impresario Hugh Hefner, an important advocate for jazz through his magazine, festival, nightclubs, TV...
