Ziggy Elman became widely recognized for blending jazz trumpet with Eastern European musical influences. His lively solos and ...
Modern Day Jazz Music (MUST WATCH) 🎷✨ Smooth sounds with a fresh twist — modern jazz is bringing new energy to a timeless ...
The Modern Jazz Quartet was a major jazz institution, a band that, counting a seven-year “vacation,” lasted 43 years. During a time when jazz musicians were stereotyped as unreliable, rarely sober and ...
Even now, nearly sixty years later, it seems improbable that a group which came together as the rhythm section for one of the hottest players in bebop's genesis era, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, could ...
Jazz has a rich history, and modern black male jazz singers continue pushing the genre forward. This list highlights 30 talented artists shaping jazz’s future with their unique voices, innovative ...
A lot of jazz people love The Modern Jazz Quartet, but maybe not all the time. Some of them just wait for the parts when vibraphonist Milt Jackson gets to swinging — that was also Jackson's favorite ...
When Illinois-born pianist John Lewis composed the haunting theme Django in the early 50s, he gave jazz one of its most enduring compositions. The piece, dedicated to his friend Django Reinhardt, the ...
The burgeoning British jazz scene of the 60s and early 70s is fully captured on this fine double album featuring John Dankworth, Stan Tracey et al For some time now, original British jazz albums ...
One way jazz can seem from the outside is as a never-ending eulogy. This week in New York there are or have been concerts paying homage to or performing the repertory of: Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, ...
MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: If that music makes you feel a little wistful, a little nostalgic, there's a reason. Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz, and today, we're ...