As legend has it, Miles Davis assembled a super group of jazz musicians in a New York...
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Deep Dive: The presence of the past in John Coltrane’s expressive and searching music: Photos, Video
Deep Dive: The presence of the past in John Coltrane’s expressive and searching music: Photos, Video
Saxophonist John Coltrane was born on Sept. 23, 1926. On what would have been his 93rd birthday,...
Unlike the San Francisco Symphony and Opera nearby in Hayes Valley’s performing arts district celebrating with black-tie...
Mary Lou Williams performed her groundbreaking devotional hymn St. Martin de Porres at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1965...
Mary Lou Williams seemed to learn early that playing piano would keep her alive. Maybe she realized...
Historians and critics have pored over the recordings of these jazz greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Stan Getz so exhaustively,...
