One can never have too many Ella Fitzgerald records. She was remarkably consistent during her prime years (which lasted for over four decades) and was ...

Please Say You Will (1895) is Scott Joplin’s first published composition. Though the “I’m sorry, please take me back” lyrics (written by Joplin) are bland and one-dimensional, the music points forward ...

If the contributions Gary Giddins has made in the last 50 years to the dissemination of Jazz and Jazz history were all listed here, they would take up this entire piece. Here’s a brief sample: Giddins ...

One thing jazz lovers today can appreciate is that here are a good number of jazz bands featuring young musicians—in music schools, high schools, colleges, and elsewhere – keeping jazz alive in both ...

Shrink the land mass of the continental United States to the size of California. Link every major city by high speed bullet train. Would you be able to assemble enough jug bands to pull off something ...

Alexander Van Vliet Feldman was born in 1915 and he lived until 2015, mostly using the name Van Alexander. He had a long and successful musical career, mostly in Hollywood, but he was best known for ...

March 12, 2026, marks the centenary of opening night at the palatial, opulent Savoy Ballroom, which occupied an entire block of Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets in Harlem. In its ...

It all began last December. Down and beyond the bustling streets of South Korea I roamed. In all aspects of auditory senses, the atmosphere was most vibrant and lively, yet melancholy. Everything ...

What are the most exciting and essential classic jazz recordings that have taken place since the end of World War II? I accepted the challenge of that question to put together a list that everyone can ...

Stan Vincent created a playlist of all the tunes discussed in the below article. You may find it in full HERE. The personnel remained remarkably consistent, excepting the reed chair. The three reedmen ...

The Boswell Sisters (Connie, Martha and Vet) were arguably the greatest jazz vocal group of all time, ranking at the top with the Mills Brothers of the 1930s, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Manhattan ...

His guitar mastery made him a top first-call artist in the New York recording scene for decades. His quiet and friendly manner made one club owner say that Bucky could be the governor of New Jersey if ...