The Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, NY, is the world's largest archive devoted to a single jazz musician. As of December 16th, 2010, the ... Read More

Howard Mandel, in his review of Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet, Randall Sandke's meticulously researched and provocative look at race and jazz, calls Sandke's argument a "muddled ... Read More

The most common concept of big band jazz most likely hinges on vague ideas of 1930s dance halls, tuxedos, and syrupy swing music. Even among many jazz musicians, the big ... Read More

Read a review of Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, an album that features flawlessly executed uptempo swing tunes as well as breathily lyrical ballads. The intensity of the ... Read More

Saxophonist, flutist, and composer James Moody died today, December 9th, 2010, at 85 years old in San Diego, California, where he had lived since 1989. He had been battling pancreatic ... Read More

After sundown tonight, December 1st, Hannukah 2010 begins. Happy Hannukah to Jewish jazz musicians past and present, including (but certainly not limited to) Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Getz, Warne ... Read More

Search and Restore, the nonprofit group devoted to the support of new jazz music, is edging closer to its goal of raising $75,000 through a Kickstarter campaign that seeks to ... Read More