Bix Beiderbecke

There you are, texting away as you walk down West 46th Street in Midtown, and you nearly bump right into the big, bright gramophone on the sidewalk outside the Hotel Edison. Read More

Barring a handful of gems, among them Louis Armstrong's salutes to Fats Waller and W.C. Handy, most miss the mark because they try too hard to one-up or mimic the subject of their adulation. Read More

The new band knew something remarkable was happening when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck during their first rehearsal. Read More

Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed. Read More

Gunter Schlueter and his wife Korah love dancing so much, they've even spread their wings in the baggage-claim area at Quad City International Airport. Read More

"Music To My Eyes" may seem like an odd title for an art exhibit but it strikes the right chord for two artists, Yolanda Klappert and Ken Fermoyle, who are featured in the Topanga Canyon Gallery show that opens October 26. Read More

The anniversary events culminate on Oct. 7 with a trio of Cullum Band concerts in San Antonio's Pearl Stable, to be recorded for airing in October and November. Read More

Leonard Lopate will be talking with Geoff Muldaur Tuesday between noon and 2 p.m. on WNYC (93.9 FM, 820 AM). Read More

Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing," was born a century ago in Chicago, Ill., but by age 10 he was learning to play the clarinet and listening to New Orleans jazz that ventured northward. Read More