In 2005, fans and scholars of early jazz and blues were handed the keys to a buried treasure chest: an eight-CD set of recordings that New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton had made at the Library of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Louis Armstrong is undoubtedly one of the most influential musicians in American history. A towering figure in jazz and popular music, Armstrong’s gravelly voice, impeccable trumpet ...

Early Jazz is an overview of the beginnings of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots through 1929, when elements of the Swing Era began to emerge. It is the first book on early jazz history in over ...

The jazz pianist and composer wrote music for the World War II hit “Early to Bed,” which was running when he died at 39. Two ...

Jelly Roll Morton was an American character so outrageous, that only he could have invented himself. Born Ferdinand Lamothe, sometimes spelled LaMothe, Lamenthe, LaMenthe, Lamotte, and Lemott, he ...

When I was new to the music, all the standard histories of jazz were keen to dismiss what they derisively referred to as the “Vaudeville Blues” singers of the Jazz Age. I remember one line in ...

This is the final story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage. Posing for a photographer outside Frenchmen Street’s ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each ...