Bill Evans' The Legendary Trio at Birdland 1960 is a seminal recording that captures a fleeting moment of jazz brilliance, immortalizing the profound synergy of Evans with bassist Scott LaFaro and ...

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

On Dec. 9, 1964, saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones assembled at Englewood Cliffs, N.J.’s Van Gelder Studio. That one-day session became a ...

In 1962, the singer returned to Berlin to reprise a famous 1960 concert. The tapes were forgotten—until now Nora McGreevy Pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr., trumpeter Wallace Roney, and ...

There is a legal adage that hard cases make bad law. Extreme circumstances make it difficult to accommodate less fraught or complex situations. Histories of jazz in the United States can be a bit like ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

Over two nights in Brooklyn, two musicians at a crossroads — Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan — went head-to-head in a pair of sizzling gigs. Over two nights in Brooklyn, two musicians at a crossroads — ...