The piece captures the essence of New Orleans jazz while incorporating modern harmonic ideas ... Finish story here; 7 Wynton ...

His work laid the foundation for modern jazz, with innovative improvisation ... warm tones make this one of the most charming love songs in jazz history. Armstrong’s trumpet solo adds an ...

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

Takuya Kuroda’s trademark staccato trumpet lines build on dynamic drumming and groovy solos to deliver the thoroughly modern ...

Astatke is widely regarded as the “father of ethio-jazz,” with his most popular song, “Tezeta,” which translates to mean ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

From the 1300s to the present day, Chanticleer music director Tim Keeler has no shortage of material to draw from. Keeler and ...

Billie Holiday was peerless when it came to conveying the emotion in a song In the 1940s, the swing era gave way to what was then known as “modern jazz ... of the songs they played ...

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only ... as two of the most revolutionary forces in modern music. Although the roots of this fusion date ...

Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael Buckley, Leopoldo Osio and Brendan Doherty are joined by Wheeler’s friend Nick Smart – the perfect ...

Hannah Stokes is a singer-songwriter based in Orlando, FL. Influenced by the jazz-infused folk songwriting of Joni Mitchell ...