George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his ...

Originally published in London in 1986 by Quartet Books LTD, Bob Gordon's seminal work on the jazz styles and groups that developed primarily in Los Angeles in the 1950s has long been out-of-print and ...

After Jeff Gold finished “Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop” in 2018, he’d decided that “I’m, never doing another book again. It’s just too much work.” Obviously, the ...

Barry Harris, a Detroit-born jazz pianist and steadfast champion of bebop, died Dec. 8 at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey. He was 91. Business partner and collaborator Howard Rees ...

Victor Coelho has received research funding from Boston University. In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...