Category Archives: Jazz History
A Radio Show on the Blues
“SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED…BLUE” The blues is America’s most fundamental roots music, still not only the bedrock of most of its popular music—rock, jazz, pop, soul, and more—but continuing to exert an even more powerful influence on world music. “Something Old, New, … Continue reading
Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz
A sweeping history of jazz from its roots in African and Blues music to the present day, Voices and Freedoms presents ways to understand and appreciate jazz’s major stars and its musical evolution more deeply. The book was also made … Continue reading