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Black cultural greats helped America realize segregation had to be left in the past | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAnd performances like those proved to white entrepreneurs that musicians such as Duke, the Count and...
Terry Henebery, BBC producer who gave The Beatles their radio debut on Saturday Club – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoTerry Henebery, who has died aged 91, was a versatile television and radio producer who first...
Tickets on sale for 2024 Elkhart Jazz Festival
ABC57· 1 day agoFestival organizers say there will be more than 50 performances showcasing a jazz-rooted roster.
John "Johnny" Calvin Williams -- Orangeburg
The Times and Democrat· 5 days agoORANGEBURG -- John "Johnny" Calvin Williams, 87, of Orangeburg, SC died Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, SC....
Bill Holman, Whose Arrangements Shaped West Coast Jazz, Dies at 96
New York Times· 6 days agoMr. Holman’s longtime collaboration with Mr. Kenton, first as a saxophonist in his band and later as...
Grammy-winner David Sanborn, who grew up in Kirkwood, dies at 78
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 days agoKirkwood-raised saxophonist David Sanborn, a multiple Grammy Award-winning solo artist and sideman...
Bill Holman, Grammy-winning jazz composer and arranger, dies at 96 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 7 days agoMr. Holman’s bouncy, rhythmically nimble style didn’t always fit with Kenton’s approach, but he soon became one of the bandleader’s top arrangers, producing orchestrations, or “charts,” that ...
Book review: 'The Jazzmen' a musician's dream book
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 6 days agoFor years, Bill “Count” Basie insisted that he’d grown up with “no-drama, no-mystery, and nobody’s business but his,” but the truth was “sanitized.” When ...
Louis Armstrong’s Serious Showmanship
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoOr as Armstrong himself said more concisely, “Showmanship does not mean you’re not serious.” This essay is adapted from Larry Tye’s new book “The...
