From the electric guitar, a gentle, easy to hum along ballad theme sparkles into the void. Delicately knit string tapestries...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
It was 1955 when Donald Byrd’s career really took off. The young trumpeter joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and also...
The first attempt had fallen flat. Back in 1969, Tim Hauser (1941–2014) had already led a five-member vocal group also...
It was the cool jazz of Miles Davis that got him hooked on the trumpet. But when his own career...
When blues guitarists talk about their idols, at least one of these three names is sure to crop up: Albert...
Jazz is indeed a big forest—and it s certainly easy to overlook some momentous trees. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out...
Understatement is the Canadian singer’s specialty. Even at the beginning of her career in the early 1990s, Holly Cole displayed...
Billy Cobham’s virtuosic talent on the drums was no secret. George Benson, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Stanley Turrentine and many...