Some folks retain their status as great musicians and, at the same time, transcend to another level. That status — call it a national treasure —...
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The Red Hot Jazz Archive – the place to go for information about old jazz – says that Fletcher Henderson ran the most successful African-American jazz band of...
John Adams (“Sleepy John”) Estes was born in Ripley, Tennessee on January 25th of 1899 or 1900. The earlier date was on his tombstone and the latter on his...
This Day in Rock says rather vaguely that “People Got to be Free” by the Rascals “was a hit this day” in 1968. I suppose it was. And it probably was on August...
Click to hear “Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard and Irving Mills. Everyone knows that jazz sounds great. It looks great, too. Perhaps...
Roy Eldridge was known as Little Jazz because he was only 5 feet 6 inches tall. It is a cliche, but true: The small man had a very large influence. NPR says...
Wikipedia offers the impressive statistics that 19 musicians have been full time members of the progressive rock band Yes. Indeed, Stereogum’s Phil Freeman...
The Chemical Brothers are Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, high school friends who formed the band in 1989 in Manchester, England. The band, according to Wikipedia...
The use of America’s “A Horse with No Name” in the third episode of the second season of the show Breaking Bad was perfect. The clip above is not the highest...
We tend to cut and package eras of music into neat and discreet parts. That helps us understand more easily how things evolved, what the essence of each...
