Bebop, born in the 1940s through the genius of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and their peers, reshaped jazz into a complex, high-energy art form. Its rapid tempos, intricate harmonies, and fearless ...

“When he walks into a room,” trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis once said of Jimmy Heath, “jazz history is made.” Not only was Mr. Heath one of the most accomplished saxophonists and composers ...

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Jon Batiste, Vincent Gardner, and Chris Crenshaw perform in a second line during Jazz At Lincoln Center's 30th Anniversary Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2018 in ...

Bill DeArango, an innovative jazz guitarist of the 1940s, died Dec. 26 at a nursing home in East Cleveland, Ohio. He had Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. Few guitarists were ...

French musicians in Paris were among the first in Europe to catch on to bebop's nuances in the mid-1940s. Which is somewhat remarkable, considering what France went through during World War II. Among ...

Joshua Furr is a DualShockers features writer from North Carolina (home of Epic games and Pepsi) with a passion for pop culture. Since Sonic's debut on Sega Genesis, he's been completely smitten with ...

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Jazz was the most influential musical movement of the 20th century. What’s its story? The Count Basie Orchestra. Alexander ...

Yesterday, I received an email from clarinetist and saxophonist Pete Neighbor to wish JazzWax a happy 14th birthday. He also had a question on something I wrote in my Harold Land post. I took issue ...

On December 8, jazz pianist Barry Harris died in Weehawken, New Jersey. He was 91 years old and died due to complications from COVID-19. A close friend of Harris reported that she suspected the artist ...