Clifford “Bud” Shank, 82, who brought Brazilian music to U.S. audiences, helped define “cool jazz” in the 1950s and played the dreamlike flute solo on the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 hit ...

A modern-jazz touchstone that opened the door to the sleek introspection and sophisticated aplomb of 1950s cool jazz gets an exquisite and essential vinyl reissue. “And right now, ladies and ...

A musician who often emphasized a subtle musical grace in his playing over snare-rattling runs, Hamilton helped forge the California sound dubbed “cool jazz” in the 1950s and launched the ...

Konitz has also been repeatedly noted as one of the few jazz saxophonists of the late 1940s and 1950s who did not ... Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he ...

when she recorded some of the finest jazz interpretations of the Great American Songbook. It’s Cool Heat: Anita O’Day in the 1950s, coming up next on Afterglow. Two songs from Anita O’Day ...

In the late 1950s, detective shows were all the rage ... over the years by everyone from guitar-slinger Duane Eddy to jazz singer Sarah Vaughn to progressive rockers Emerson Lake & Palmer.

Jazz pianist Sonny Clark gets first-class treatment on a new box set collection Clark recorded nine sessions with the prestigious Blue Note label between 1957 and '61.