After first being mass-produced by Fender in the 1950s, the electric bass, for many years, found a home in only…
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In his speech to the Royal Academy on April 30, 1953, Winston Churchill remarked, "Without tradition, art is a flock…
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There are few people funkier than Fred Wesley. As James Brown increasingly turned from Soul Brother Number One into the…
It is all too easy for a misguided person to view the Newport Festivals as events that attempt to be…
Music has a unique ability to unite humanity. As Ella Fitzgerald once noted, "Music is the universal language…. it brings…
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival’s founding in 1954. But the history is not as…
There is something special about a live recording compared to one edited in the studio. An increased openness to risk…
