For nearly two decades, Varner has argued passionately--through his recordings and performances--for the role of the French horn in jazz. With “Second Communion,” he achieves a breakthrough, moving ...

Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927 in Algiers, Algeria) isa French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably mostwidely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard'sdebut feature film À bout de ...

He is the peerless master of French jazz, and everywhere in Europe he is greeted like a visiting professor. But when he arrived in Manhattan for his American debut, his boat docked in a puddle of ...

French jazz organist Eddy Louiss, who played in the Stan Getz quartet in the early 1970s, died Tuesday in a hospital in central western France. He was 74. By Colin Stutz French jazz organist Eddy ...

SAGINAW — For years, Saginaw blues singer Sharrie Williams has played to packed houses across Europe, to audiences who can't get enough of what she calls her rockin' gospel blues. And she's on her way ...

“Jazz was an integral part of the artistic scene that centred around the St-Germain-des-Pres. So it was only logical that the young, new wave directors made films by day using the same music they ...