The late composer, musician and bandleader Duke Ellington once said, ''I contend that the Negro is the creative voice of America, IS creative America, and it was a happy day when the first unhappy ...

Koln 75” is a new feature film that tells the backstory to the famous concert given in Cologne, Germany by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett., and the teenager Vera Brandes who booked the show at the city’s ...

This hour-long documentary (2002) about one of the great jazz bassists—who was also a major photographer of jazz musicians and performances—has a fascinating story to tell as well as a charismatic ...

JAZZ : A HISTORY OF AMERICAS MUSIC BY GEOFFREY C WARD BASED ON A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY KEN BURNS WRITTEN BY GEOFFREY C WARD WITH A PREFACE BY KEN BURNS ...

Singer Julie London was the first video vocalist. I don't mean that she was the first to appear in film. Plenty of others came before her. But she was the first to fully understand how to use the ...

The reality for Utah Jazz fans is that the whole season might always include Ace Bailey – in whatever form. Whether he’s ...

Recording includes samples of soundtrack music with thematic titles such as Trains, Spiritual in F, Cartoons, and Seen a few places. Each is introduced by an unnamed man. Notes copied from tape: ...

"Sweet Lorraine in Auschwitz" tells how Frank Grunwald played jazz melodies in his head as he endured Holocaust tragedies as ...

The renowned Blue Note Jazz Club made its West Coast debut on August 14 and has just announced a new slate of performances. Director of Programming Alex Kurland gives us a tour of the new space and ...