Overshadowed for most of his career by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, and Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham's abilities as a composer and unique voice as an advanced ...

Jazz musicians at Eckstein Middle School, young Isaac Plummer and Oren Sternberg share their favorite jazz with KNKX ...

He was born in 1939 in South Africa at a time when the rights of the black population were nonexistent. In the absence of a ...

As I was reminded throughout that evening, jazz is the most fundamental expression of innovation and creativity in American ...

Jazz guitar icon George Freeman passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. The celebrated musician had planned to mark his 98th birthday on April 10 with a series of concerts at Chi ...

Grammy-winning trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a leading figure in jazz during a five-decade career, has died at age 70, about a month after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday. Hubbard ...

From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the classic and acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet ... In jazz, Billie Holiday made her debut with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie began his recording career. It was ...

King Buddy Bolden discovered Edward ‘Kid’ Ory, who later played with Louis Armstrong. Miles Davis, who was in the lineage of Benny Goodman, mentored Jack DeJohnette, who mentored Terri Lynne ...

Trumpeter Dorham was an active player in the bebop style working with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was ...

Another never-before-released live performance arrives on Record Store Day, and this time it’s a 1967 recording of a live ...