There is a fairly recent interview with T.S. Monk (son and namesake of Thelonious Sphere Monk) currently available on the  DownBeat magazine...

In the liner notes to the 1997 reissue of the complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman, Loren Schoenberg boldly outlined ...

In 1926, at age sixteen, Artie Shaw left New Haven for Joe Cantor's Far East Orchestra, a band which played at a Chinese Restaurant in C...

After New Orleans and Chicago, Cleveland has been one of the more important cities in the development of the jazz clarinet. Though Artie Sha...

While it is generally assumed that the first release of materials from the final Gramercy 5 sessions was delayed until the early 1990s, Shaw...

It can be frustrating for practicing artists to read philosophies of art, for a reason not always obvious to non-artists. The problem is sub...

From the outset, this highly intricate spiritual operates on multiple poetic levels. Shouting Oh Mary don't you weep! we're imme...