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John Levy, manager to countless jazz luminaries, dies at age 99. Read More

John Levy, a jazz bassist and original member of the Stuff Smith Trio and George Shearing Quintet whose deal-making skills, insider's knowledge and warm personality enabled him to become jazz and pop's first successful black personal manager, died on January 20. Read More

As 2011 comes to a close, I'd like to take some time to remember some of the great contributors to jazz that passed away in 2011. Read More

I was lucky as a kid growing up in Webster Groves. Read More

For too long, British jazz artists of the 1950s have been viewed unfairly as dandified lightweights by American jazz fans. Read More