Roy Haynes obituary
Jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and earned the nickname Snap Crackle for his crisp style One of the first significant engagements taken on by the […]
Month: November 2024
Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths
Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime […]
Roy Haynes, jazz drummer whose career spanned nine decades, dies aged 99
American drummer who began in 1940s swing and bebop scenes played with Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and dozens more Roy Haynes, a drummer who was one of the last remaining […]
Lou Donaldson obituary
American jazz saxophonist and singer who enjoyed a huge hit with his 1967 anthem Alligator Boogaloo The droll, sleek-haired saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who has died aged 98, was disinclined to […]
Music classes resume at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
The Birmingham music hall and arts nonprofit has restarted Saturday Jazz Greats, its longtime tuition-free music education program. The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, housed in the historic Carver Theatre, started […]
‘Leave your ego at the door’: from Thriller to Sinatra, Quincy Jones collaborators tell the stories behind his songs
Whether hashing out Beat It over the phone or jamming with Snoop Dogg, artists who worked alongside Jones recall his skill, kindness and lust for life The 89-year-old musician and […]
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny on crafting hits with Joni Mitchell and David Bowie: ‘I had to keep telling myself it was real’
The virtuoso jazz guitarist has worked with a string of legends, winning 20 Grammys in the process. He speaks on his beginnings as a jazz trumpeter, and still striving to […]
November 11: 5th of 7 weeks at No. 1 for Warren Wolf
No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for a second week – and fifth of the last seven – is Warren Wolf History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Music Group). It’s […]
Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra: the audacious partnership that rocketed them to another planet
Jones was behind many inflection points in American music, but it all began with a brotherhood with Ol’ Blue Eyes In 1958 Quincy Jones was working in Paris when he […]
Birth of the cool: posters from the Montreux jazz festival through the decades – in pictures
Since its inception in 1967, the Montreux jazz festival in Switzerland has hosted a dizzying array of musical talent from the world of jazz and beyond: Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie […]