To fully feel the beauty and grace of jazz at its highest level, you must savor the sadness that comes

In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed Bettye LaVette for my „House Call“ column in the Mansion section

Duke Ellington was a tonal impressionist. Each musician in his band had two functions—to be able to play and to

On September 11, 1939, one of the finest tentets ever assembled recorded four sides for RCA Victor. As lineups go,

On December 14, 1972, Oscar Peterson was in Hanover, Germany, on a TV show called NDR Jazz Workshop. So was

Guitarist Grant Green recorded two gospel-flavored leadership albums. The first was Sunday Mornin‘, in June 1961, and the second was

I came upon Allegra Levy’s new album back in July, when Nils Winther at Steeplechase in Denmark alerted me to

This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin for my „House Call“ column in

This week, I’ve been celebrating Charlie Parker’s centenary on August 29 by posting on the alto saxophonist’s five major contributions