Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning ...

Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the ...

The first week of 2025 has plenty to enjoy in music, theater, comedy and visual arts. All events featured were scheduled as ...

Those who have found the Bill Evans Jazz Resource on the Internet know of the profound interplay among Paul Motian, Scott LaFaro and Bill Evans in a jazz trio that for many musicians to this day ...

For vinyl aficionados, the rollout of the Record Store Day lineup each year, with 350-plus titles revealed all at once, can ...

A showcase of teens’ talent and creativity includes flower silhouettes, neon acrylic artwork inspired by the artist Derrick ...

A member of pioneering jazz-rock band Dreams, in the 70s Abercrombie played with the likes of Gil Evans and in supergroup ... at age 19 when he replaced Bill Connors in Chick Corea’s Return ...

Evans’ reputation for his orchestration of bebop tunes for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra established his reputation. At these informal gatherings there was much discussion about where jazz was ...

His acquaintances Richard “Bobo” Evans (John David Washington ... We get to see Ma Rainey, the musicians and Rainey’s producer, via a story that showcases the 1920s Jazz movement underscored by the ...

Sears started out in the Chicago jazz scene and has recorded with music legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, Ray ...

so it is unsurprising that this little head carved from mammoth ivory is likely the earliest personal portrait in the world. Many artifacts from Dolní Vĕstonice, including this sculpted head ...