Following the riots of the prior summer, there was no Newport Jazz Festival in 1961. However, the city had not…
The 1957 Festival extended to four days - Thursday, July 4 to Sunday, July 7- with every minute captured by…
The 1956 Newport Jazz Festival’s schedule was adjusted slightly compared to the prior two outings. While still a three-day event…
By 9:18 PM on the evening of July 17, 1954, Eddie Condon’s tribute to Dixieland finally began its delayed performance.…
It would be hard to find a trio better equipped to tackle an entire album of saxophonist Anthony Braxton's compositions…
In September of 1950, twenty-four-year-old George Wein used his college savings to open a nightclub, Storyville, at Boston’s Copley Square…
Pianist Gerald Clayton first came to the attention of many jazz fans by way of the late Roy Hargrove's quintet…
The term “mentor” comes from a character in Homer’s Odyssey, an epic written in the 8th Century BCE. However, the…
Humanity has a longstanding fascination with incorporating the latest technological developments into music. This interest is perhaps most evident in…
In 2015, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah created the Stretch Music imprint with Ropeadope Records to support jazz rooted genre blind…