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Dolphy only ever acknowledged Charlie Parker as an influence, and he wrote tunes in...
DeVore, Charles Ross “Charlie” Jazz historian and musician, died peacefully on Saturday, September 24,...
I learned on August 31 that the trumpeter / guitarist / pianist Ted Butterman,...
I first met Sue at the Fez under Time Cafe where the Mingus Big...
Let me share a press announcement that was not known to Ellington experts I’ve...
Singer and musician LaVerne Washington’s music is known all around the world. Her songs...
One of San Francisco’s best kept entertainment secrets used to be located between the...
“Musicians with a frightening level of talent are playing today,” the New York Times...
When jazz was born in the brothels of New Orleans in the early 20th...
Move over, New York City. The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that the...
The Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko shaped European jazz like few others – as a...
