The saxophonist and bandleader Cannonball Adderley was not only an important and influential figure...
BOOKS
Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz by Howard Mandel (Routledge; New York and London)...
Back in 1957, Decca Records assigned photojournalist Jerry Dantzic to photograph Billie Holiday for...
With its multifaceted radicalism, the Art Ensemble of Chicago occupies a singular niche in...
He is a staff musician at NBC in New York; he is one of...
A few weeks ago an unfounded rumor scurried through New York’s music circle: DownBeat’s...
Sometime around 1890, the blues emerged as a distinct African-American art form, rooted in...
Josef Woodard’s Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth is an unauthorized biography. But it’s hard to...
