Jelly Roll Morton

In the late 1930s, when he was still an amateur fighter, Sugar Ray Robinson began lugging an old Victrola record player around with him on the road. Read More

Some might see the acoustic guitar as an apparatus for playing folk, blues, soft rock, and anything that's smooth and gentle. Read More

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No. 1 brought together two intriguing currents -- one familiar, the other less so -- during Thursday's concert by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist. Read More

Jazz is a genre of music that touched a number of important issues of the early 20th century, according to Stephen F. Austin State University Assistant Professor of History Court Carney. Read More

There are as many types of jazz as there are regional styles of pizzas. Read More

In an age that decries romanticism , Alan Lomax stands out as an enormously romantic figure. Read More

A POWERFUL and creative trumpet and flugelhorn player who has toured with the Rat Pack Show will make an appearance at Scarborough Jazz at the Cask tonight. Read More

A "salsa congress" is not an event in which politicos from Southwestern states debate legislation over red sauce and chips. Read More

Ave. S., Mpls.; $44-$20; 612-874-0400 or childrenstheatre.org. Read More

When jazz fans discuss the really big compositions of the past, a small number of controversial classics dominate the conversation: including Ellington's Black, Brown & Beige , Marsalis's Blood on the Fields , and Mingus's Epitaph . Read More