The 1950s are a gold mine of lost trumpeters. No matter how many times I comb discographies, I come across another solid horn player whose name is likely unfamiliar to many jazz fans. On Monday I ...

Chris Connor, 81, a smoky-voiced singer who helped define the "cool jazz" style in the 1950s and was an acclaimed performer in leading concert halls and supper clubs for decades, died Aug. 29 at a ...