On his first LP, recorded in 1950, the great bandleader took to the possibilities of the longer new form with unbounded style ...
If there’s one sound that defines classic jazz, it’s the feel of swing. At its core, swing comes from dividing the beat into ...
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A 1956 police raid of a Pacifica bar, resulting in the arrest of many LGBTQ+ people, became a playbook for state repression ...
In a recent interview, the legendary vocalist and founding member of Boyz II Men shared his belief that the growing dominance ...
Basie's output during the fifties and the early sixties was staggering, and most of his best albums from that period remain in print, including April in Paris (Verve 2641), Basie (popularly known as ...
Jazz music is an inherently elusive genre. While its roots stem from influences like European harmonics, African rhythms, ragtime, and blues, it’s impossible to pinpoint the exact seed from which it ...
How jazz musicians transformed secular Christmas songs into sophisticated standards, from Bing Crosby's radio debut to ...
Jazz takes over Bengaluru this November with the Bengaluru Jazz Fest — a seven-day celebration across three weekends. Curated by veteran jazz artiste Jagadeesh Mudambi Ramanujam, the festival marks ...
“Howard University is very fortunate to have Maestro Carr on its music faculty,” Irby says of his successor, a longtime figure in D.C.’s jazz scene, founder of ...
The Jazz Chisholm Jr. Show almost always provides — and in Tuesday’s dramatic season-saving 9-6 win in Game 3 of the ALDS, the second baseman showed a bit of everything. His night got off to a poor ...
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