Feb 19, 2020 3:06 PM
The Expatriate Life of Stan Getz
An American tourist who had picked up enough Danish to become aware of Danish radio’s predilection for lecture series…
Stan Getz (1927–1991)
Feb 19, 2020 3:06 PM
An American tourist who had picked up enough Danish to become aware of Danish radio’s predilection for lecture series…
Lionel Hampton (1908–2002)
Jan 24, 2020 4:00 PM
Known as the master of the vibes, king of the drums and creator of the two-fingered piano, Lionel Hampton has endeared…
Benny Golson genuinely is excited by the opportunity to write good music in any genre.
Jan 3, 2020 2:49 PM
One of the most successful of this country’s regular across-the-pond commuters is a man with several strings to his…
Woody Herman (1913–1987)
Dec 2, 2019 11:55 AM
New York—“Woody Herman has the greatest ofay swing band in the country—bar none!”
That’s what all the band…
Chet Baker (1929–1988)
Oct 26, 2019 4:47 PM
In the middle 1950s, Chet Baker was the young Lochinvar out of the West, the fair-haired boy of critics and laymen…
Sun Ra (1914–1993)
Sep 30, 2019 10:14 AM
Shards of sound scatter across the concert hall. Blips and bleeps, squiggles and snarls spew out from stage right,…
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–’96)
Aug 30, 2019 1:14 PM
“We had a request to sing,” Ella began over the applause—and suddenly she stopped. “You know,” she grinned,…
Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
Aug 5, 2019 11:00 AM
Dear Mr. Ripley:
For many years I have been a constant reader of your Believe It or Not cartoon. I have listened to…
Billie Holiday and her dog, Mister, in New York City during February 1947
Jul 1, 2019 11:09 AM
CHICAGO—You sit with Billie Holiday and watch her smoke cigarettes chain fashion. The first thing that strikes you is…
Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
Jun 3, 2019 9:54 AM
I have long been disturbed about what I’ve seen of the state of mind of the average young jazz musician around the…
