john coltrane
There is no doubt that both Davis and Coltrane are perhaps the largest influences in the trend of jazz in the second half of the twentieth century
The American saxophonist's playing had a certain mystique to it but it was always persuasive and gentle
One group of artists who by their very definition do not play the same tune in the same way twice are jazz musicians
From Louis Armstrong paying tribute to Fats Waller to Kurt Elling's dedication to John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Reflections on the Grateful Dead's relentless success and ever-growing catalog
"If you gotta ask you will never know" - the famous Louis Armstrong responding to someone asking him to define jazz. At the best of times, trying to define "jazz" is well nigh impossible.
The American music producer/rapper admits he worries that his genre-bending music might be too much for some people
The day happens to be the birthday of at least six musicians, including John Coltrane, Ray Charles and Bruce Springsteen among others
Here's our list of classics from the Forties to present time
