Early detractors like Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, ridicule jazz, saying it sounds better ... the venues that serve alcohol and hire black musicians. These speakeasies allow whites ...

In a city known for its outdoor celebrations, musicians had many opportunities ... including "West End Blues," a famous early jazz tune. In 1929 Armstrong appeared on Broadway and recorded ...

Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live ... She played on many of the first jazz recordings ever made and she wrote many of the early songs of the jazz era. Though she ...

8 captures a group of musicians led by “The Man with ... one of the all-time best jazz organists passed away on June 4, 1997, in jny: Chicago, Illinois. For some of his early fans, some of the best ...

T here’s only one singer in the world who has their jazz scat solos sung back at them note-for-note by arenas filled with adoring fans. That would be Laufey, a Gen Z artist who transcends genre and ...

Jazz is usually thought of as an album format, but once upon a time you could drop a coin into a slot and fill up a bar or restaurant with the sounds of artists such as Duke Ellington, Charlie ...