One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

Remixes by Opolopo, Peas, and Wicked Jazz Sounds Available Digitally on October 25 Gregory Porter, whose 2010 Motema Music debut, Water, was nominated in the 2011 54th Annual Grammy Awards as Best ...

"For the avant-garde, it was liberating. It just changed everything." Submarine Ent. has debuted the doc trailer for Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz, about the exciting free jazz movement of the ...

Generations of Yale alumni filled the home of Samuel Moyn, Grace Hopper’s head of college, to listen to the sounds of swing and bossa nova on Monday evening. The “Before Woodstock: Love Songs of the ...

In the 1960s, many jazz musicians found club gigs harder to find. Many top players joined TV studio orchestras or went to work for Muzak. Others took teaching jobs. And a good number performed at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Orleans jazz legend Donald Harrison plays his jazz version of "When the Saints Go Marching In." Jazz is a genre of ...

This is my country: jubilant Congolese citizen Ambroise Boimbo seizes the ceremonial sword of Belgium's King Baudouin I (in white) in Léopoldville (Kinshasa) on 29 ...