In 1957, Maynard Ferguson and his band appeared in a film short for Universal. The faux show featured Ferguson on

Last week in The Wall Street Journal, my „Anatomy of a Song“ column was on the Youngbloods‘ Get Together (go

Photo courtesy of the artist. When Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto moved to New York full time in 1999, he made

In 1963, Toronto was a bustling jazz center akin to New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The city’s jazz establishments

In 1957, two years after Charlie Parker’s death at age 34, Norman Granz’s Verve label began releasing a series of

Jazz guitarist Jimmy Gourley spent much of his career in France, creating the impression for many jazz fans that he

In February 1958, singer Helen Merrill recorded five tracks backed by Bill Evans, who was part of a superb quintet.

Tony Rizzi was a prolific Hollywood guitarist who started recording in the mid-1940s with bands led by Boyd Raeburn, Les

In The Wall Street Journal last week, I interviewed Nicca Ray for my „House Call“ column in the Mansion section

Photo courtesy of the artist. While Marcus Gilmore is perhaps best-known as the go-to drummer for the likes of Chick