Two Fine New Vinyl Releases By Chet Baker and Bill Evans Share Scandinavian Roots. Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker ... changed the sonority of his trumpet playing. In fact, I first ...

The WSWS recently spoke to master musician Charles McPherson about the relationship between music, art and society.

The San Diego Symphony has revealed the detailed programs of the 2025-26 Jacobs Music Center season. This will be the second season in the orchestra’s new indoor home. See full programming!

As a teen, Williamson played blues after hearing Paul Butterfield’s first ... jazz tunes, delivered with aplomb and crisp precision. Indeed, one might even call it “military precision,” but ... In ...

Papa Mali Trio Performs on the Festival Stage during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ... Kevin Lemons’ Higher Calling, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Sierra Green & the Giants ...

A truly unfathomable trade deadline will shape the NBA landscape for years to come and that extends to the 2025 NBA Draft.

Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of “Speak Low ...

My parents used to give us (children) gifts if we came tops in our class to encourage us to keep aiming high. Were you intentional about graduating with a first class? Yes, it was very intentional.

He is possibly referring to the notorious Richard Carpenter who managed Baker, Dameron, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons and several other jazz musicians. According to James Gavin’s Chet Baker biography Deep ...

While some airlines have chosen to completely ax long-haul first class—the ultra-luxurious cabin above business—others are doubling down. In fact, there seems to be a fresh arms race to offer ...