Altoist and multi-instrumentalist Jimmie Lunceford drilled his band throughout the 30s in a gruelling nationwide schedule of touring shows and one-night stands, with a perfectionist’s zeal for the ...

Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins and Eddie Condon. Gabler is the uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who has lauded his uncle for his contributions to music history. Crystal’s father Jack worked as a ...

He was also a fine jazz clarinettist who played with Sidney Bechet and appeared on the BBC talent show Opportunity Knocks Anthony Hirsh, who has died aged 85, was an enterprising London ...

The band consisted of 27 black musicians and 19 singers, many of which were from Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, Ghana, and the U.S., this included: Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet on the ...

A North Jersey band will be defending its title, and another North Jersey band will be challenging it, at this year's ...

He also recorded, performed and/or toured with Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie and Sidney Bechet, among many others. By some estimates ...

Aurora Nealand was recently praised as one of the top ten soprano saxophonists in America by Downbeat Magazine. She grew up in an eccentric family on the California coast and then Colorado, listening ...

Some facts about Black History Month have been well-established: Carter G. Woodson was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

which is why this charming record has covers from Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, but also Van Morrison and John Lennon. Relish the version of Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On,” which ...

The new year brings diverse and exciting music and events to BlueShore Financial Centre for the Arts at Capilano University.