Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist with a supple, earthy style who was a key figure in the development of three styles of ...

A quirky arts project featuring music and memories from the 1950s and 60s has launched in Blackpool - with the help of some ...

Chart the history of American music from roughly the mid-1950s onwards and you'll find a singular thread running through its ...

The photographs were taken by Bristolian photographer Herbert Shergold in the 1950s and 60s, using glass plate negatives. Mr Shergold died in obscurity in 1982, with no relatives, and the ...

In the competitive jazz world of the 1950s, Mr. Jones composed numerous standards ... With a sizable income rolling in, Mr.

October 22, 2024 • We debate the pros and cons of small-town living through the music of Christian Lee Hutson, Youth Lagoon, Bartees Strange and more in our biweekly update of the year's best songs.

Basie and trumpeter Clark Terry also would be mentors to the young Mr. Jones and he won a scholarship to what would become the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He gave it up, however, to go on the ...

November 3, 2024 • Riley’s pioneering piece, which premiered 60 years ago, leaves many decisions up to the performers. It helped launch the movement known as minimalism, but In C itself has ...

Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the biggest stars of the 20th century, has died at 91.