Palm Springs canceled a jazz festival over fears it would attract unruly crowds. Nearly seven decades later, the Palm Springs ...

Avalon; Later; Ain't Misbehavin'; Mean To Me; Stairway To The Stars; Count Every Star; NIce Work If You Can Get It; There'll Never Be Another You; Blazin'; To Think You've Chosen Me; After You've Gone ...

Known for his distinctive gravelly voice and innovative use of the trumpet, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a defining figure of the 1950s jazz scene. Many still feel Armstrong’s charisma ...

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

Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to ...

The legacy of jazz came to life in the Averitt Center's recent performance, where The Jazz Legacy Project celebrated the ...

The regulation lasted until the mid-1950s meaning that even bland tunes like Walczyk Murarski (Builder’s Waltz) were broadcast. Understandably, this all gave rise to a musical counterculture which at ...

While the trajectory of jazz laid out in Whiteman’s program was essentially white and symphonic, it also helped to establish the music’s role in elite commentary and consumption. 1957: By the 1950s, ...

jazz styles such as swing and bebop are very fast in tempo free jazz - a style developed in the 1950s and 60s - involved players in the same ensemble to play at different tempos break sections are ...