Born in New Orleans in 1895 as Elizabeth Mary Landreaux, Miles took her stage name from second husband John C. Miles, whom ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, that singular city haven of jazz, jambalaya and Mardi Gras on the banks of the ...

At 16 he discovered jazz – in particular the music of Bill Evans and the French jazz-rock band "Sixun" – and in 2001 he began his formal studies of jazz at the "Conservatoire National Supérieur de ...

The best songs by New Jersey chanteuse Sarah Vaughan explain how she modernized the art of jazz singing in the post-war era.

Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, a jazz big band featuring a handful of the Pacific Northwest’s ample improvisatory talent, ...

American music has stood as one of the world’s most influential cultural forces, forever shaping the hearts of music lovers ...

Environmentalists are concerned that steel mills and other heavy industry will get exemptions from federal limits on air ...

The 6th Annual Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival is being held at Dignity Health Sports Park on the campus of California State University Dominguez Hills on April 26th, 2025 with two stages, ...

Break out the baguettes for these iconic French sandwiches, from Provence's pan bagnat to the croque monsieur (and madame) of Parisian bistros. Molly McArdle has written and edited stories about ...

"People would mock my accent," he says. But it didn't faze him. Hockney knew his worth even then. "I'd look at their artworks ...

In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child famously declared boeuf bourguignon "one of the most delicious beef stews concocted by man," and we couldn't agree more. It's at once cozy and ...

Though she rose to prominence in the big band swing era, debuting with the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1939, it was her themed songbook albums during the mid-to-late 1950s under the aegis of jazz ...