
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant f...

A rain parade of sausages meets camels and kings in the 32 minute experimental syncing of Pharaoh Sa...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers features what many consider to be one of the fi nest line-ups in th...

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love ...

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the...

The Brazilian FunkStar, nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist, took the stage at the live show ...

In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker n...

BBC archivists recently unearthed a veritable treasure trove of Ella Fitzgerald shows recorded by th...

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro...

James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's...

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lan...

Prince and the Revolution perform live at the Summit in Houston, TX on 12/29/1982

A struggling young man secretly plays a magical trumpet that transports him from his desolate world ...