Jazz was really the music that facilitated integration among the races in this country and never got credit for it. Every picture tells a story. After mining for gold in the form of photographic ...

George Wein, whose Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals set the standard for outdoor music events in the U.S. from the 1950s to today, has died.

Modern jazz burst upon the Los Angeles scene in December of 1945, when trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie brought his all- star sextet west from New York for an eight-week engagement at Billy Berg's Hollywood ...

When American high schools formed their first jazz bands in the 1940s and 1950s, they shunned the word jazz. At that time, jazz connoted all manner of debauchery: It was dance music, black music and ...

Gold interviewed music producer and multi-instrumentalist Quincy Jones, 87, who toured during the 1950s with bandleader Lionel Hampton, for his book, “Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and ...

JORI KLEIN/FOR THE STAR LEDGERMingus Dynasty trumpet player Tatum Greenblatt, left, and bassist Dwayne Burno at the Iridium Jazz Club on Tuesday. The Mingus Legacy. Where: Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 ...

But, you’d be surprised. San Antonio’s jazz club history goes back to the turn of the 20th century, to a time when territory bands from Kansas City to New Orleans filled the roadways.

The West Coast Jazz Hour Quintet – a powerhouse of jazz heavyweights led by drummer Kevin van den Elzen and pianist Josh Nelson – bops into Sierra Madre Playhouse, filling the historic venue with the ...

That's jazz. Jazz was the prequel to rock 'n' roll and became the music of choice among the young folk 100 years ago when it started to invade dance halls and clubs in American cities.

Sheila Jordan, a prolific jazz singer who helped pioneer a bebop and scat singing style, has died. She was 96. Jordan’s death ...

Gold interviewed music producer and multi-instrumentalist Quincy Jones, 87, who toured during the 1950s with bandleader Lionel Hampton, for his book, “Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and ...