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The smartest and most intriguing movie I've seen lately won't be playing at a theater near you.

The innovative jazz education website PlayJazzNow.com has just released a new series of downloadable backing tracks.

Ian is dedicated to the promotion of jazz all over the world and to catching just a little piece of it for himself.

THERE is no doubt that the London-based Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon is one of the best alto saxophonists on the planet.

HARRISONBURG - There's something to suit just about every musical taste in a fall musical 'gala' coming up at Eastern Mennonite University.

The tragic jazz life and death story of saxophonist Art Pepper was similar to that of Charlie Parker in many ways.

It's only fitting I write an article on biography films about musicians since many of my articles is about music.

Miles Davis made more money. Duke Ellington was more prolific. CharlieParker was more revered.

Emerging from the shadow of his hero Charlie Parker, Miles Davis rejected the aggressive tempo of bebop to pioneer a smoother style that became a landmark in jazz evolution Cool-headed ... Miles Davis circa 1950.

Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker , during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea to produce a feature-length film about pianist Thelonious Monk , released somewhat later during the same year as ...

Not long ago a veteran Chicago jazz disc jockey played a track from a female vocalist's new CD only after complaining on the air about the seemingly unending stream of new recordings by female singers sent to his notice each week.

Everyone from Fred Astaire to Charlie Parker has performed the music of Cole Porter.

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Ghostface Killah, Dan Deacon, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, and more Music Picks archives>> Ghostface Killah thursday29 PEEPING TOM On its superb debut album, File Under: Bebop , this clever French-Swedish trio transforms classic tunes by the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell ...

"The rhythm section is the essence of every style of music," the late Max Roach told me back in 1992.

Jazz great John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born on Oct. 21, 1917, in Cheraw, S.C., and settled in Englewood in the mid-1960s, where he lived until his death in 1993.

I wish I could play like Art Tatum's right hand. Charlie Parker On Art Tatum's 100th birthday last Tuesday, October 13, Rene, an elephant at the Toledo, Ohio Zoo, painted a piano in honor of the city's native son.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared July 28, 1996. It was like stumbling upon a lost Rembrandt in the attic.

Best known for conquering the pop and R&B charts in the 1970s with such hits as "Give Me the Night," "On Broadway" and "This Masquerade," guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his career firmly planted in the world of jazz while working with legends like Jack McDuff and Miles Davis.

For nearly 17 years now, Dizzy Gillespie has been living up to his signature tune, "Groovin' High." Or maybe I should say he's groovin' on high -- in heaven.

October 19, 2009 from WBGO - There are thousands of apple varieties - even a new conventional breed called " Jazz ." Much like the music which lends its name to this autumn delight, Jazz is a hybrid .