Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was ...

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

South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of its iconic Giants of Jazz event by ...

US actress Rashida Jones has remembered her late father, revered record producer Quincy Jones, as a “culture shifter” and a ...

The album also contained a superb version of Ray Noble’s “Cherokee ... According to the biography Little Jazz Giant, Brown’s hero Roy Eldridge said, after hearing about the youngster ...

Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15 ... Gerry Mulligan, Sweets Edison, Oscar Peterson (practically the “house pianist" at Verve), Ray Brown--these are ...

and a rhythm section of bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke. Commenting on how Parker revolutionized music, jazz historian Martin Williams said the saxophonist and composer had influenced ...

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), known for its musical explorations that push traditional realms.

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 ...

The rest is, as they say, history. Jones would go on to arrange music for Frank Sinatra, childhood friend Ray Charles and ...