Elise Morris, “Dancin’ With the Boys” Dancin’ With the Boys (Jazzbo) Making the best of…
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On this day in 1937, the Count Basie Orchestra officially kicked off their legendary run…
David Lynch, one of the most popular and acclaimed filmmakers in the world, turned 75…
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Nina Simone and her band performed an unforgettable mournful version of “Why? (The King of…
Miriam Makeba was born in 1932 in the segregated neighborhood of Prospect in Johannesburg during…
The Stranglers’ surprising take on “Walk On By,” the Hal David and Burt Bacharach composition…
Cherry Jam, a previously unissued Don Cherry live album from 1965, was one of last…
Trailblazing jazz musician and tuba innovator Howard Johnson passed away at the age of 79…
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Despite his widespread reputation as the King of Rock and Roll, it is a well-known…
Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders propelled the age of spiritual jazz forward with his third album as…
1982’s Offramp has come to be recognized as the epitome of the Pat Metheny Group’s…
At the time of Lenox Avenue Breakdown‘s release in 1979, Columbia promoted Arthur Blythe as…
London-born, masked rapper Daniel Dumila, better known as MF DOOM, passed away on October…
Keyboardist Jose Roberto Bertrami, bassist/guitarist Alex Malheiros and drummer/percussionist Ivan Conti were prominent musicians of…
In 2002, guitar virtuoso Lee Ritenour celebrated many of the influences that shaped his distinctive…
All-female jazz supergroup Artemis shared a version of Stevie Wonder’s “If It’s Magic,” arranged by…
Frank Loesser, best known for his work on such musicals as Guys and Dolls, composed…