Grady Tate, a jazz musician who was nominated for Grammy Awards as a singer but was best known as a versatile drummer who helped propel the “soul-jazz” style of the 1960s and who appeared on hundreds ...
In the 1970s George Benson became a crossover star with vocal hits and a smooth-sounding pop-R and B style, but he’d already established a legacy as a jazz guitarist who brimmed with energy and talent ...
1960 was a year that signaled the start of one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. As John Kennedy squared off against Richard Nixon in the U.S. presidential election and students mounted ...
The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...
Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...
Why was jazz eclipsed by rock and other forms of music? Here are three theories A new book from photographer Jim Marshall shows jazz when it was still widely popular “Jazz is dead.” Jazz connoisseurs ...
"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 ...
The Laurel jazz festivals, held at Laurel Race Course in 1967, 1968 and 1969, attracted big-name bands including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Etta Jones, Woody Herman and his Big Band, Thelonious ...
In a “History Matters” column almost four years ago, I wrote about the Laurel Pop Festival that took place in 1969 at what was then called Laurel Race Course. Many found it hard to believe Laurel ...
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