National Book Critics Circle Award winning author Jonathan Lethem's latest work, The Fortress Of Solitude, is a fictional account of two boys, one black one white, born in Brooklyn in the 1960s. Their ...

Grady Tate, a jazz musician who was nominated for Grammy Awards as a singer but was best known as a versatile drummer who helped propel the “soul-jazz” style of the 1960s and who appeared on hundreds ...

You may not know the name Jim Marshall, but you probably know his photographs. His collection of work is a near-complete account of the cultural revolution that took place in the 1960's, from jazz ...

Marian Montgomery, 67, the Mississippi-born jazz singer best known for her work on the BBC in the 1960s and ‘70s, died of cancer Monday at her home in London. She was born Maud Runnels in Natchez, ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, who's 92 now, has signed off on a new series of live recordings from a Seattle club he'd played in the 1960s. Two volumes are now out. Jazz critic Kevin ...