jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard. Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and pianist McCoy Tyner. Sometime in the late 1960s or early ’70s, Lee Morgan bought his girlfriend ...
On early recordings, he occasionally played traditional B-flat soprano clarinet. His improvisational ... Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet.
The legacy of jazz came to life in the Averitt Center's recent performance, where The Jazz Legacy Project celebrated the ...
Its early coverage of jazz reflected both tendencies, signaling an openness to the emerging form even as it offered a rather patronizing take on the music’s significance. “There are times ...
Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album ...
Bob Perkins, 91, of Wyncote, the jazz DJ whose sonorous, deeply relaxing, and reassuring voice on the Philadelphia airwaves ...
Award-winning jazz bassist, educator and mentor Hayden, at age 68, is today the youngest recipient of Detroit’s highest arts ...