Several are the biographies of Gerry Mulligan, arguably jazz's most celebrated baritone saxophonist. None, however, have focused as specifically and as closely as this tome does on the quartets with ...

Few Americans know much about it, but a radical midcentury revolution in jazz was born in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. Some of the most exciting and challenging (and forgotten) American music was ...

Austin, Texas - Austin-based jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton leads a new All Miles 1950s show with the Jeff Lofton Quintet, Thursday, April 24, at the Elephant Room. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. with no ...

Bob Weinstock, who released some of the seminal jazz recordings of the 1950s on his independent Prestige label, died Saturday of complications from diabetes at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77.

Craft Recordings expands its acclaimed Original Jazz Classics series with AAA vinyl reissues from Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, and The Young Lions. Arriving April 24, the trio of releases digs back into ...

From the 1920s to the 1950s, jazz clubs along Central Avenue in Los Angeles featured some of the world’s best musicians. July 18, 2020 4 AM PT ...