Dizzy Gillespie
McCoy Tyner obituary
Jazz pianist who played with John Coltrane and influenced every generation since the 1960s
John Fordham
09, Mar, 2020 @4:25 PM
Clora Bryant obituary
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist who performed with Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gillespie
Peter Vacher
09, Oct, 2019 @2:02 PM
Sharp suits, thin ties and the coolest musicians on Earth: Jazz 625 is back!
It was a piece of black and white magic, a perfect fusion of sound and music boasting Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington – and lots of smoke. Can the landmark TV show now bewitch a new generation of fans?
Richard Williams
29, Apr, 2019 @1:43 PM
Michel Legrand obituary
French composer, jazz musician and conductor who wrote the scores for more than 250 films including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Yentl
John Fordham
27, Jan, 2019 @4:16 PM
When America's hottest jazz stars were sent to cool cold-war tensions
When a US blighted by racial unrest found itself needing to win a global propaganda war, a team of musical ambassadors was assembled. The result was anything but straightforward
Hugo Berkeley
03, May, 2018 @8:57 AM
The demons and obsessions of jazz genius Thelonious Monk
He played angular and slow when the fashion was for fast and sun-drenched. And a misdiagnosed bipolar condition meant he retreated into silence for the last years of his life. But now the pianist’s singular talent is finally being heard
Candace Allen
06, Nov, 2017 @9:53 AM
Sandi Russell obituary
Other lives: Jazz singer, writer and educator
Diana Collecott
14, Aug, 2017 @4:36 PM
Prom 27: Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute review – virtuosic hat tip to jazz legends' greatest hits
Contralto Dianne Reeves and musical polymath James Morrison are lively guides through a classical tour of the jazz songbook
John Lewis
06, Aug, 2017 @10:54 AM
Jazz snobbery is not all in the (male) genes | Letters
Letters: Jazz snobs can be women too. I’ve been one since I was a teenager
Letters
27, Jan, 2017 @6:51 PM
Phil Woods obituary
Fluent and creative saxophonist regarded as one of the world’s leading jazz soloists
John Fordham
30, Sep, 2015 @4:02 PM
Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience review – doesn't quite match legend's pulse-quickening racket
This Latin-jazz band feature sound best when they stray from pure Cubop, writes John Lewis
John Lewis
29, Aug, 2014 @11:12 AM
Joe Wilder obituary
Jazz trumpeter with an understated style who was one of the first black musicians to break into the New York studio scene
Peter Vacher
18, May, 2014 @5:39 PM
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