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I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...
Farnsworth spent years playing with his heroes. “The Big Room,” a new album due Friday, features a cast of rising stars.
Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s ...
Chuck Mangione, the jazz trumpet legend whose song "Feels So Good" found new life on TV's "King of the Hill," has died at 84.
Leading the country's hard bop craze in the 1960s, Japanese jazz drummer Hideo Shiraki sadly didn't live long enough to enjoy ...
Jazz great Chuck Mangione, best known for his ‘70s hit “Feels So Good,” died Tuesday. The trumpeter was 84. Mangione ...
Kahlil Childs is an accomplished jazz musician at 15 years old, playing the alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, in addition to the bass clarinet and the flute; studying under jazz greats Charles ...
The great guitarists from the 1930s onwards were truly laying the foundation for the blues-infused guitar music we all love now. Each player had their own clear identity and unique ways of ...
Playing over the tonic isn't as simple as it seems. In this deep dive, we break down how iconic players like Miles, Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, and Sonny Rollins created interest and movement over ...
“When two tenors play together, you draw inspiration. We draw material from some of the great two-tenor combinations in jazz history. And one of the greatest was Zoot Sims and Al Cohn.