T he inaugural 1959 Playboy Jazz Festival in Chicago was headlined by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and the ...

At age 15, in 1942, Donaldson attended North Carolina A&T University where he received ... In 1954, he participated in one of ...

including Josephine Baker during the Jazz Age. "There were these gorgeous photos of dancers from the Casino De Paris from 1915 that almost felt like paintings," says Deatherage of the inspiration.

While the Eagles had a high standard for harmony singing, Glenn Frey considered these two singers as a perfect example of ...

Few people in the music world can match the accomplishments of Quincy Jones, who died on Sunday at the age of 91. Here are ...

"He opened so many doors and provided such a road map for so many people," says Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

but this level of playmaking is elite for a big man of any age. I’ll be honest: I don’t think Filipowski is going to start the season with the Jazz, as he’s clearly not in the team’s 10 ...

When the Utah Jazz opened training camp ... Cody reads the game at a high level compared to those in his age group. As a result, he rarely makes a mistake — he’s a natural fit in a lot ...

In fact, the Jazz's six-game losing streak to begin this season has since put them in the same company as some of the least successful starts throughout the history of the NBA. In an ugly stat ...

Rudy became interested in jazz at an early age, playing trumpet, and by his own admission, badly, but it was technology that fascinated him, with an early interest in Ham radio. He went to the ...

Ellington, born and raised in Washington, D.C., cultivated a refined, sophisticated persona from an early age ... essential role of jazz, an American art form, in American history and culture.