Women in Jazz: Sarah Vaughan, African American Classical Music (Jazz) Soloist
Sarah Vaughan sang in the choir of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Newark, as a child, where at the age of 12 she became organist. In October...
Watch: 'Blue Note: A Story Of Modern Jazz'
The story of the classic jazz label Blue Note is essentially the story of Alfred Lion, a German emigre whose love affair with jazz began...
Jazz Masters | Jazz Guitarist Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery is not only one of the most important guitarists in jazz history, he's also one of the music's most inspired natural...
Billy Strayhorn: His Lush Life
Within his own milieu, he was admired for his keen intellect, his generosity of spirit, his Auntie Mame-like zest for life and his...
Women In Jazz: Tia Fuller, Angelic Warrior
TIA FULLER: Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Alto Saxophonist, Soprano Saxophonist, and Flautist Jazz musicians are blessed with the...
Monk and Miles Played The Blues
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form -The Blues -Blues Changes -Special Kinds of Blues -The Blues Scale -The Minor Pentatonic...
Sonny Rollins 'The Bridge'
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form Sonny Rollins; The Bridge Maestro tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' first recording after...
Amiri Baraka "Jazz and the White Critic"
Most jazz critics have been white Americans, but most important jazz musicians have not been. This might seem a simple enough reality to...
