Alice Coltrane was a multi-talented jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. And if the last name sounds familiar, it’s no coincidence.
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On the fifth anniversary of Anita O’Day’s death, we look back on the career of this atypical “girl singer.”
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“60 Minutes” journalist Ed Bradley took home 19 Emmys during his career. We look back a few of his most memorable interviews.
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LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band and Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band both played saxophone. But the similarities don’t end there.
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We remember Amy Winehouse with a selection of some of her best music, from live performances to official videos to quiet acoustic sets.
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In jazz circles he was known as “The Sound”…
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Juan Garcia Esquivel, who would have celebrated his 93rd birthday today, took lounge music to its space-age extreme. We look back on his life and the unique sounds he created…
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Gene Krupa, born 102 years ago today, was one of the most influential drummers in history. Funny to think that he could have ended up a saxophonist or a priest …
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Many a jazz legend turned to Joe Pass when they needed a guitarist. On his birthday, we look back on Pass’s life and music…
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I didn’t get Charles Mingus. As a 14-year-old burgeoning music freak and neophyte bassist making the slow transition from rock to jazz, the ever-tuneful Miles Davis made sense to me. …