AccuJazz Internet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of new creatively programmed streaming jazz channels with the launch of its newest customizable radio stream, “Decade: '40s." Like all of AccuJazz ...

In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, Peter Townsend takes a vertical slice through the mainstream of American music round about December 7, 1941—the date of the Japanese attack on ...

Trumpet player Wayne Tucker leads his quartet in a Duke Ellington tune before letting other musicians take the Minton’s stage for a Friday night jam. Stefano Giovannini At the stroke of midnight one ...

Duke Jordan, a jazz pianist best known for his influential work with saxophonist Charlie Parker in “Bird’s” well-regarded quintet of the 1940s, has died in Denmark. He was 84. Jordan died Aug. 8 in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For one night Marcus Books on Fillmore Street became Jimbo’s Bop City, a 1940s jazz club, reminiscent of the era when the neighborhood was known as the “Harlem of the West.” ...

La Paz Intermediate School and Laguna Hills High School students took their audience back in time April 10 for a night of 1940s jazz music and swing dancing during the schools’ first annual spring ...

Join us for an unforgettable evening of 1940s Christmas glamour as Beverley Alexander returns by popular demand! After last year’s success, Beverley is back to serenade you with classic jazz tunes, ...

Dozens of restaurants opened this summer in metro Denver, and there are many more slated to make their debuts later this year. Among them is Nocturne, a modern take on the 1940s jazz supper club ...

AT the very start of her new book, Tulisa talks about her Irish connections. "Looking back, I suppose it's no real surprise that I ended up where I am -- in the music industry. Both my parents came ...

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