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 ...

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 ...

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

PEARL — Davis Gillespie's only hit Tuesday couldn't have come at a better time. In a tie game during the fifth inning, the left fielder sent a ball deep over the left field fence for a three-run ...

Here it is, as well, keep your eyes on the prize, Katanga, the Southern region of the Congo, home to the Shinkolobwe mine.

The best songs by New Jersey chanteuse Sarah Vaughan explain how she modernized the art of jazz singing in the post-war era.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis will perform on Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., at the Central Park Performing ...

According to Gillespie County officials, the fire – named the Crabapple Fire – started in the 8700 block of Lower Crabapple Road at around 1 p.m. Saturday. By 4:20 p.m. Saturday, the fire had ...

All-American point guard Olivia Miles exited Friday’s victory with 8:44 to play — and Notre Dame leading by 39 points — with a left ankle injury. After being attended to by teammates and ...

Many might think of jazz fusion as simply being jazz music's rockier mutated sibling, but these five albums prove that ...

Shaw cut her teeth singing in jazz clubs around New York during the early 1960s. She was a devotee of jazz stars like Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie and had a healthy appreciation of gospel vocals.

The big draw is Babe Ruth, who hits a towering fly against Dizzy Dean, then, after Dean departs, laces two doubles into the overflowing crowd. The Cardinals win, 5 - 4. 1954: The Chicago Cubs send ...