John Scofield, “Chank,” from A Go Go (Verve) John Scofield (born December 26, 1951) has been a…
Tag: Song of the Day
Eugene Grey is an internationally traveled and acclaimed Jamaican jazz and reggae guitarist, arranger, composer.…
Pianist McCoy Tyner was born on this day (December 11) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1938.…
Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. Since 2013, she has served on…
Jim Hall was born on this day (December 4) in Buffalo, New York, in 1930.…
Pianist Wynton Kelly was born on this day (December 2) in Brooklyn, New York, in…
Guitarist Jimi Hendrix was born on this day (November 27) in Seattle, Washington, in 1942.…
Paul Desmond was born on this day (November 25) in San Francisco, California, in 1924.…
Thank God it’s Fusion Friday. Let’s get into the groove as only Herbie Hancock can.…
Canadian-born, New York-based Brenda Earle Stokes is a rare jazz artist with a true command of…
Bandleader Tommy Dorsey was born on this day (November 19), in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, in 1905.…
Composer/arranger Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra are featured in today’s Song of the Day, singing…
Today is Kevin Eubanks’ birthday! The fleet-fingered guitarist who rose to prominence as the bandleader…
Happy Birthday to singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who was born on this day (November 7) in…
Saxophonist Phil Woods served as the crucial link between the bebop saxophonists of the 1940s and the post-bop artists of the ’50s, ’60s and beyond.
Happy Halloween, jazz fans. To celebrate, here’s a real treat from the jazz vault.
Trumpeter Clifford Brown, a brilliant improviser and a model for clean-living in jazz, was born…
Every day is another opportunity to fall in love with Ella Fitzgerald. That’s why “Like…
On this day (October 24) in 1966, trumpeter Miles Davis began the recording session for Miles…
On this day in 1963, folk poet Bob Dylan entered Columbia Studio, Room A, in…