Chet Baker

Last week I posted about star-crossed trumpeter Don Sleet [pictured] and his sole leadership album All Members. Read More

Peter Bjorn and John headline; El Perro del Mar and Yourself and the Air open. 9 PM, Metro, 3730 N. Clark, 773-549-0203, $22, $20 in advance, 18+. Read More

Mike Wofford has long been hailed as one of the jazz world's finest pianists. Read More

The smartest and most intriguing movie I've seen lately won't be playing at a theater near you. Read More

There are a number of highly talented jazz musicians from the late 1950s who can't really be called great because they recorded too few albums. Read More

NJ Nov 13 2009 Fluent in jazz Armenian-American teen cultivates a passion for standards LUCINE 'LUSI' YEGHIAZARYAN Story by RONNI REICH / FOR THE STAR-LEDGER Photos by STEVE HOCKSTEIN / FOR THE STAR-LEDGER Huddled around a stove with her three sisters, her father and her mother, who strummed a guitar by candlelight, Lucine Yeghiazaryan learned her first songs. Read More

In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. Read More

Peter Bjorn and John headline; El Perro del Mar and Yourself and the Air open. 9 PM, Metro, 3730 N. Clark, 773-549-0203, $22, $20 in advance, 18+. Read More

arters), which they've recorded not only with the blessing of the influential pianist and composer, but also with his participation, as Corea plays piano on one track, Free Samba, which he wrote specifically for the album. 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