May 5, 2015 10:54 AM
Growing Up Monk
What’s it like to grow up the child of a famous father, the son of jazz royalty? What’s it like to share the name…
T.S. Monk at home
May 5, 2015 10:54 AM
What’s it like to grow up the child of a famous father, the son of jazz royalty? What’s it like to share the name…
Freddy Cole (1931–2020)
Apr 28, 2015 6:39 PM
Freddy Cole is a singer and a pianist. Outside of a couple of showpieces he was compelled to compose by way of…
Cannonball Adderley
Apr 28, 2015 6:31 PM
There have been several group discussions transcribed in the course of jazz journalism. Most of them have been…
Albert Ayler
Apr 28, 2015 4:47 PM
In a restaurant-bar in Greenwich Village, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was ruminating on the disparity between renown…
Benny Goodman
Apr 22, 2015 6:50 PM
About 27 years have gone by since they danced in the aisles to the music of Benny Goodman and his band at the Paramount…
Lena Horne
Apr 22, 2015 6:31 PM
Somewhere in the background, by the piano in the living room, Lennie Hayton sat with coffee in hand, filling the air…
Tony Williams
Apr 22, 2015 6:22 PM
Tony Williams erupted onto the jazz scene in 1963 as a 17-year-old prodigy with a full-blown, volcanic style of…