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 ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ’60s music veterans Asher and Clyde share stories at Kuumbwa Jazz Those who want to relive memories of the ’60s British music scene will get to hear stories firsthand from two men who lived ...

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 ...

Casey Cooper-Fiske visits Montreaux on the banks of Lake Geneva to watch Raye, Sting and Nick Cave.

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The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a gift of more than 1,000 photographs of renowned jazz and rock musicians from the late 1960s, taken by the late jazz scholar and historian, ...

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 ...

The musician faced resistance when he premiered his sound in the 60s, but audiences have fallen in love with it since. At 82, he’s still finding new directions – and wants more recognition for Africa’ ...

There’s a reason Miles Davis recorded “My Funny Valentine” and John Coltrane “My Favorite Things.” Jazz musicians work via a strategy of theme-and-variation. They plant a melodic/rhythmic motif in the ...