Dec 21, 2021 4:01 PM
Some Perfect Gifts
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Dec 21, 2021 4:01 PM
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
A live Alice Coltrane recording from 1972 marks a turning point in her music.
Jun 12, 2020 8:50 AM
Festivals in the States still aren’t happening, though some in Europe are moving ahead despite the uncertainty around…
Even in his 70s, Duke Ellington was moving forward and keen to win new audiences.
Apr 1, 2020 2:36 PM
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, “Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the…
Pianists Chick Corea (left) and Chucho Valdés (foreground) perform during their first duo concert on Nov. 15 in the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
Nov 26, 2019 2:23 PM
Chucho Valdés and Chick Corea had never played together before they squared off across two grand pianos in the Rose…
Frank Caruso (1948–2019)
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Chicago-based pianist and educator Frank Caruso died suddenly on April 22 at a relative’s home in Cary, Illinois. He…
Duke Ellington was the subject of the 24th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference, which ran from May 19–23 in New York.
Jun 4, 2020 1:36 PM
During the opening panel at the 24th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference, which ran from May 19–23 at…
Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. performs at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York on April 29.
Jul 11, 2016 12:28 PM
In a celebration of “Ellington And Beyond,” the immensely talented drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his equally…
Ella Fitzgerald is one of the classic jazz artists whose albums will be reissued by Verve in 2016.
Aug 21, 2019 11:43 AM
Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of historic reissues and new…
