The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a ...

At the age of 14, for the first time, I heard in quick succession The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky — on recording — the ...

As the veteran sideman to countless artists, Thorn says, “You have to be Clark Kent most of the time, but onstage you get to be Superman for short periods” ...

Saxophonist Charlie (“Bird”) Parker, Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Drummer Kenny Clarke and Guitarist Charlie Christian were all regulars and, in fitful collaboration with them, Monk presided at ...

• Tales from the D-Dennis Coffey: March 21, Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit, hosted by Detroit ...

The Tampa Bay Blues Foundation Inc. will present the annual Tampa Bay Blues Festival, running Friday through Sunday, April 11 ...

Nnenna Freelon is one of those jazz singers I can listen to and never tire of feeling the warmth insulated in her every note ...

James has shared stages with such icons as Benny Golson, Geri Allen, Wallace Roney, Grammy® Award-winning singer Dorinda Clark Cole, and the late “Queen ... Federico Ughi, Kenny Wessel, Marvin “Bugalu ...

Throughout her musical career, Nicole has had the pleasure of performing with such great musicians as Mulgrew Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding, Kenny Garrett, George Colligan, Geoffrey ...

David Bowie famously sang about “Changes” in 1971, and true to his word, he turned and faced the strange on his 1975 LP “Young Americans.” Making a galactic journey from glam-rock to his ...