Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Commodores perform at the Ohio Valley Kool Festival in 1985. The Cincinnati Music Festival, 60 years old this year, has ...

A two-hour special show showcasing the music of Chick Corea on WMNF’s Colors of Jazz, Sunday, July 23, at 8 pm. ET. In his 60-year musical career, Chick Corea changed the sound of jazz with the ...

There seems to be a fresh discovery of an obscure gem every month. Not that I am complaining, especially with this release from the Fontana vaults. Presenting Jazz Quintet 60 is the last of the very ...

Leave it to director Steven Soderbergh and composer Thomas Newman to go retro ’60s with the music for their fourth collaboration, “Let Them All Talk.” Accompanying Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne ...

A documentary made about jazz more than half a century ago has been given new life -- and new meaning -- due to the recent turmoil in our country. "Jazz on a Summer's Day" was restored in time for the ...

Most jazz fans know the art form has a deep history in the Bay Area, particularly beginning in the 1940s, when the Fillmore became known as the “Harlem of the West.” Perhaps less well known: One of ...

Police Chief Gus Kettmann was suspicious and he recommended against it. Mayor Frank Bogert was initially all in favor. The Desert Sun pictured Bogert leaning over the back of a chair chatting with ...

The Cincinnati Music Festival, 60 years old this year, has evolved as much as the music scene has over the decades. It began in 1962 as the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival, founded by George Wein, who had ...

A documentary made about jazz more than half a century ago has been given new life -- and new meaning -- due to the recent turmoil in our country. "Jazz on a Summer's Day" was restored in time for the ...