Jazz's popularity grows, and as it attracts a wider audience, so do campaigns to censor this "devil's music." Early detractors like Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, ridicule jazz ...

Here are 15 essential songs that define his legacy ... make it an essential listen for anyone wanting to understand the depth of early jazz. The interplay between Armstrong and pianist Earl ...

The other great soloist in early jazz was soprano saxophonist and clarinettist ... over the eight or sixteen bar structures of the songs they played was dazzling and exciting, and ushered in ...

I'll Know; Shoutin' Out; Hank's Tune; The Night Has A Thousand Eyes; Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham); Afrodisia; Lotus Flower; Minor's Holiday; Basheer's Dream; K.D.'s Motion; La Villa; Venita's Dance; ...

Everybody Loves Sunshine hit-maker and jazz legend, Roy Ayers, has passed away after battling a long illness. He was 84.

Their names are spread throughout an elaborate composition that replicates the circuit diagram of a phonograph (or record player), to pay tribute to the way this unique piece of technology paved the ...

Written by Gene McDaniels, and earlier recorded by Les McCann — the jazz pianist who discovered ... collaborators, writing early tracks and arranging the songs on her second album.