Paul Whiteman

These and other musical questions are addressed in noteworthy books in a year in which authoritative biographies of Louis Armstrong, Ralph Stanley, and David Bowie compete for attention with coffee-table tomes on the Rolling Stones, Johnny Mercer, and the photographic history of rock-'n' roll. Read More

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