Throughout its history jazz has been in fashion and out of it – but it’s never gone away. Jazz is at its heart Black American ...

He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for research on the history of jazz, and made some surprising ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of ...

At one time the shelf that held all the Sinatra albums was 70 feet wide,” said Doug Allen, owner of Bananas Records, ...

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Jazz bassist Donald Rafael Garrett helped birth the AACM and appeared on some of Coltrane’s wildest albums, but he’s barely ...

Ten is an expanded edition of C’mon Tigre’s iconic Self Titled debut album, which was initially published in 2015. Fans will ...

The reason Portland has such an expansive music ecosystem is not luck, it’s because a lot of hard working people are deeply passionate about music—live music specifically—and pour themselves into ...

Bob Thiele had already spent three decades in the music business recording legendary jazz and pop artists when he started a ...