As one of the charter members of The Modern Jazz Quartet, a pioneering group that fused bebop with classical music aesthetics ... tunesmith (among his most famous compositions is “Song For ...

Benny Golson, one of the most accomplished tenor saxophonists and composers of the 1950s hard bop era, passed away1.

Between rap, rock, R&B and pop music, the ‘90s saw a number of genres flourish throughout the decade. While much of the innovation seen in the ‘90s was a direct result of the musical ...

He is a top call young drummer in many modern jazz circles in New York City ... New York. The innovative jazz drummer discusses the beautiful islands of Maine, approaching music with sincerity, his ...

Golson was one of the few surviving jazz masters of the 1950s, a golden age during which the innovations of the 1940s, known ...

A museum and mountain hostel, a prestigious concert hall and a monument to a famous doctor. Above all, however, music venues – because ... A place that promotes modern, often avant-garde jazz, and at ...

And there’s the repertory: Oliver and Armstrong composed and perfected at least half a dozen future jazz standards here, ...

In postwar America, an epidemic of heroin addiction swept the world of jazz. Greats who developed a habit included John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. Nowadays, jazz has an ...

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Over the past two years, music festivals everywhere were canceled ... People can again hit Campus Martius and Hart Plaza to experience top-tier jazz artists, but Collins says they are also ...