Baylor's Bob Darden and Stephen Newby realized, to their shock, that no one had written a biography of celebrated, ...

Whether with prog-jazz pioneers Soft Machine or ... the most moving passages in Marcus O’Dair’s book, Different Every Time: ...

A double-digit number of labels declined to release it before Verve Records, the home of jazz greats and avant ... leave her for Ian’s drummer. The course of true love never did run smooth.

Brazilian drummer Airto Moreira ... Moreover, one will search in vain in his biography for the hard-fought personal struggles that have typically been the bread and butter of jazz legend: no tortured ...

The ever-delightful David Hyde Pierce can’t disguise that Gilbert and Sullivan’s confectionery operetta has been keelhauled.

“He has the most prodigious facility of anyone I’ve ever heard in jazz,” says Gene Lees, author of a 1988 biography of Peterson ... and Brown were joined by drummer Ed Thigpen.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A legendary drummer with a prolific career in the world of Jazz will perform with his band in Wichita. The 53rd annual Wichita Jazz Festival begins tonight and runs ...

Jazz books occupy a tiny sector of the publishing industry, within which any book selling between 500-1000 copies counts as a success. Biographies of major figures might command mid-four figure sales ...

It's a great time to be a music fan that likes to read as titles related to all genres and eras seem to be flying off the ...

Aside from his musical spoofs, Chase was an accomplished drummer and jazz pianist, and started performing in bands many years before Chevy Chase made his debut on Saturday Night Live in 1975.

Davis built this record on the style of modal jazz ... often praised LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian as being his best trio. According to a quote from a 1998 biography of Evans, he said ...

K-pop group BTS are the latest stars to earn their spot in the nonfiction series, Little Golden Book Biographies. The release, titled BTS: A Little Golden Book Biography, is penned by Jan Ann and ...