There had been a very vibrant modern jazz movement back in New York ... how big was West Coast Jazz for you and how big was the San Francisco group, Dave Brubeck? CROUCH: At that time I was ...
At the same time, the music soon to be known as modern jazz was emerging — not slowly or subtly ... Just for the trumpet players alone, “Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions” is exceptional: We ...
Jazz offers some of the most talented musicians to listeners everywhere and as the weather turns their sound can warm you up.
Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died ...
Jazz, with its fluid melodies and rhythms, has always been a genre shaped by diversity and innovation. Today, the genre has ...
An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major ...
propelled by high-energy bands springing up from Connecticut and Pittsburgh led by Art Blakey and Horace Silver. A new generation of modern jazz performers known as beboppers developed a style of ...
Cortex, the French music project, known for their heady blend of jazz, psychedelic rock, and other influences, ahs signed ...
Grammy-winning composer and modern jazz pioneer Wynton Marsalis will celebrate his birthday on stage with a Hong Kong audience this week. “I have a good time wherever I go. It’s going to be ...