The vocal jazz tradition extends back to the early decades of the 20th century. Jazz singing was the last of four interdependent American musical ideas to develop (the others being instrumental jazz, ...

Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former ...

John Worster, a 1950s jazz bassist, listens in on a sound check at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on Jan. 10, 2014 for the band of Jim Widner, a close friend and mentee who uses the bass Worster can no ...

The Evolution of Musical Styles in the 1950s. As record executives and chart managers played catch-up, Black artists filled a ...

1950s Jazz album heads top-selling records on eBay for September 2024. Frank Daniels. Wed, October 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM UTC. 2 min read. Visit the Goldmine store for vinyl, CDs, box sets ...

Jazz: In the 1950s and ’60s, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross set new standards for jazz vocal ensembles. The surviving members, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross, will reunite Friday in Symphony Center ...

2003-04-11 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Jutta Hipp, a jazz pianist from Germany who had a short, celebrated career in the 1950s, then turned her back on jazz to become a dressmaker, died on Monday at ...

Here are some examples: In 2015, 18-year-old Elvis Presley’s first recording from 1953 sold for $300,000.. There are currently dozens of 1950s jazz records selling on eBay for between $1,000 and ...

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, […] ...

Impact and Influence of Black Singers from the 1950s 15th September 1954: Keith Edwards and Queenie Marques, two newly arrived immigrants from Jamaica relax to the sound of Keith’s trumpet playing.