Legendary tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin released his first solo album on the Blue Note label in January 1957. Containing both the fast-paced work for which Griffin became known and some more ...

Golson was one of the few surviving jazz masters of the 1950s, a golden age during which the innovations of the 1940s, known ...

There may not be a musical movie in existence with such a wealth of talent as there is in 1956's High Society, a rom-com ...

Richard Hinds settles the tonearm gently into the grooves of the 78 record, and the music of Jelly Roll Morton and the Red Hot Peppers rises from the rotating disc and buzzes the room. " 'Doctor Jazz, ...

Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti thrills, but its sequel, A Quiet Place groans under the weight of its pretentiousness.

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Music brings ... on-paper makings of a jazz hero, but he embodied the genre’s indescribable qualities, too. He was just about the last living embodiment of dressed-up 1950s cool, expressing ...

No tenor saxophonist better epitomizes the robust muscularity of that heavyweight instrument of jazz expression than George ... himself to play the alto saxophone in 1950, upon being profoundly ...

Exploring the life, times, and musical excellence of Duško Gojković, a jazz obsessive from Yugoslavia who relocated to West Germany to pursue his passion.

which alluded to his purported height and girth – Rushing was a giant among blues-influenced jazz vocalists and made his name singing with Count Basie’s big band between 1935 and 1950.

Blackwell's early career began in New Orleans in the 1950's. He played in a bebop quintet that ... official launch of a new station exclusively dedicated to the music of Modern Contemporary Jazz ...