With a vacancy in the high school jazz orchestra, he took up the double bass. A major early influence on Brown's bass playing was the bassist in the Duke Ellington band, Jimmy Blanton. As a young man ...

She seldom did drugs, lived to the ripe old jazz age of 79. She married a collaborator, bassist Ray Brown, got divorced after six years and kept working with him through several more projects.

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra returns to the Southern Theatre ... who has also played with Count Basie as well as the likes of ...

They stripped his sound down to the basics. Then they made 1986′s “King of America.” Elvis Costello had screwed up.

Night Train kicks off a new month’s feature – celebrating the centennial birthday of alto saxophonist, composer (“Take Five”) and Brubeck Quartet member Paul Desmond. Our Featured New Release of the ...

A giant in the music and entertainment industry has died. Quincy Jones, known to many as ‘Q,’ was revered as a record ...

Spanning 70 years and towering roles as a musician, songwriter/ composer, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and more, Quincy ...

The 91-year-old jazz musician, known for collaborating with music stars ... alongside Oscar-nominated actor Sterling K Brown ...

Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you.

Jones would go on to arrange music for Frank Sinatra, childhood friend Ray Charles and jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah ...

Song For My Father; Ain't Misbehavin'; The Nearness Of You; S'Wonderful; Take The "A" Train; Just In Time; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; All Of You; Perdido; Stella By Starlight; Everyday I Have The ...