A quarter of a century ago, jazz lovers were surprised by the emergence of the Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the earliest groups to take...

A new issue of middle-of-the-road jazz uses the name of a celebrated series of 1950s jazz concerts for part of its title ("Jazz At The...

Jazz impresarios are frequently berated, yet their contributions to the music sometimes prove enduring. Norman Granz, for instance, first...

One of the founders of the modern jazz movement, Thelonious Monk, has died at the age of 64. His career was forged in the jazz scene of...

Small labels have become the prime medium for recording jazz, especially the newer sorts of jazz. But it was not always thus. Between the...

As Andrew Keener related in the April 1984 Issue (page 1141), these jazz duets were recorded, somewhat casually, after the session which...

Few jazz lovers would today dispute the proposition that Oscar Peterson is one of the handful of great jazz pianists. But it was not...

Newcomers to the jazz scene, especially those Americans we first encounter only on records, seem to edge their way into our listening...

The Marsalis CD is actually by the Jazz Messengers of October 1980 led by Art Blakey, and part of this session, recorded live at a...

Though 1980 has been a good year for jazz issues and reissues, only fifteen came my way for review here and my choices are...

The absence of a revolutionary figurehead of the sort that providentially appeared to codify the diatonic, chromatic and atonal eras of...

The surge of jazz issues on Compact Disc, including some outstanding reissues, will make this year's choices somewhat familiar to...

Two classic reissues for starters: Bix Beiderbecke (1924-30) and Johnny Dodds are both part of Robert Parker's series "Jazz Classics In...

We often blame the record companies for their relative neglect of British jazz musicians. And so we should: Britain has produced some of...

A really original big jazz band is something of a rarity. The economics of the enterprise are different from what they were 30-odd years...

Although Gershwin always intended Rhapsody in Blue for piano with small jazz-slanted ensemble—the manuscript being headed "for jazz...

I wrote of clarinettist Kenny Davern in the February issue age 1186) in the context of an LP with Humphrey Lyttelton's band. He is very...

Being the first jazz ensemble to get on record gave the Orginal Dixieland Jazz Band a head start. Technology had a role to play in...

This is a very good book which will certainly become one of the essential works of reference for the jazz enthusiast. It covers the...

Only 14 jazz records came my way this year, so it would have to be a truly vintage year for six of them to qualify. In fact, it has been...