In the late 1950s and 1960s, writes Iain Anderson, “free jazz” and its practitioners aroused a range of emotions in jazz’s large audience. “A cursory examination of reader letters published in Down ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

The new releases of previously unissued recordings by the pianist Ahmad Jamal and his trio, from 1963 through 1966, “Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse,” is among the jazz events of the year. ...

Generations of Yale alumni filled the home of Samuel Moyn, Grace Hopper’s head of college, to listen to the sounds of swing and bossa nova on Monday evening. The “Before Woodstock: Love Songs of the ...

The 1960s was a decade of extreme cultural change, and its music captured every bit of the turbulence, hope, rebellion, […] ...

The Giants of Jazz 2LP reissue unites Frank Sinatra’s classic mid-’60s collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, newly remastered for vinyl. As a longtime record collector, I was admittedly ...

Think about the music pumping through your headphones right now. Where did it actually come from? Every beat, every guitar ...

Our Day Will Come; Dream A Little Dream Of Me; Sealed With A Kiss; The Look Of Love; Dream Lover; Till There Was You; Sunny Afternoon; Beyond The Sea; The End Of The World; There’s A Kind Of Hush.

These three short films made by legendary documentarian Dick Fontaine in the 1960s capture the music, thoughts and personalities of some of the most musically adventurous jazz artists of the era. $9 ...

From modern jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette to masterful scatter and vocalist Nancy King, KNKX remembers the lives of notable jazz musicians who passed away this year.

In the 1960s, many jazz musicians found club gigs harder to find. Many top players joined TV studio orchestras or went to work for Muzak. Others took teaching jobs. And a good number performed at ...