Powell had already taken advantage of Paris during his first trip to the city after its liberation by examining the original music manuscripts ... of mid-1940s modernistic jazz, preceded by ...

In the 1940s, when most women singers adorned big bands as stage attractions rather than legitimate members of jazz ensembles, Sarah Vaughan, along with her predecessor Ella Fitzgerald, helped elevate ...

He was born on November 29, 1940, in Rochester, New York, and his career has spanned over six decades, making him a prominent ...