Jazz
Ottawa Jazz Fest 2008 Adds Acts
In: Jazz (general)
By: Dan Lalande
The 2008 TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival rounds out its line-up with the addition of four more mainstage names more...
Hitler's War on Jazz in France
In: Jazz History
By: Engrid Whisenant
During WWII, jazz became a fugitive music banned and silenced in the cafes and clubs of war-time Paris by Nazi occupiers who feared its rebellious undertones more...
Jazz, Josephine Baker, and France
In: Jazz History
By: Engrid Whisenant
Into a France rocked by WWI and the Great Depression, jazz arrived at the perfect moment to revitalize, renew, and fill deep longings for escape into "Otherness more...
Bio of Jazz Singer, Jimmy Scott
In: Jazz (general)
By: Chris Eales
Singer who has performed and recorded with the greatest artists in Jazz, and attracted a worldwide audience for his unique and soulful interpretations of classic songs. more...
Bio of Chet Baker, a Jazz Legend
In: Jazz (general)
By: Chris Eales
Chet Baker was a star in the 1950's but drug addiction threatened to ruin his career. He found redemption in his later years and is much remembered and loved to this day. more...
In: Jazz (general)
Jeff Healey had a library of vinyl, and sometimes what he had just bought at a flea market for a song turned out to be another collector's dream melody. more...
2008 Ottawa Jazz Fest Leaks Acts
In: Jazz (general)
By: Dan Lalande
The early line-up for Ottawa's 2008 Jazz Festival constitutes a chronology of the music, from the bayous of Louisiana to the River of Herbie Hancock. more...
In: Jazz (general)
20 years ago The Jeff Healey Band scored a deal with Arista Records, making music history. Smokin' blues or vintage jazz: Jeff Healey always did things his own way. more...
Richard Galliano - Accordionist
In: Jazz (general)
By: Steve Newman
For many years the accordion was little more than a cliche of Paris street life. But in Richard Galliano's hands it swings as hard as any Hammond Organ. more...
In: Jazz (general)
The Jazz and Heritage Festival returns to its pre-Katrina format with a lineup that is called the best in 39 years. It starts April 25 at the Fair Grounds Race Course. more...
In: Jazz (general)
By: Steve Newman
On the evening of October12th, 1962, the jazz composer Charles Mingus assembled together a group of America's finest jazz musicians to record a concert. more...
British Jazz Composer Colin Towns
By: Steve Newman
This is a look at the British composer and musician Colin Towns, and how his Mask Orchestra took the jazz world by the scruff of the neck. more...
In: Jazz History
By: Steve Newman
Django Reinhardt changed the very philosophy of the jazz guitar, turning it into a major solo instrument. This is a life of the man. more...
Don Rendell and Ian Carr Quintet
In: Jazz (general)
By: Steve Newman
Some of the finest modern jazz to come out of Britain in the 60s was created by tenor saxophonist Don Rendell and trumpeter Ian Carr - jazz that is still vibrant today. more...
