By the middle of the 1950s, Baker had left Mulligan’s group ... a kindred spirit whose airy style and deft soloing helped to define cool jazz. They join forces on a brilliant medley of three ...
Riddle me this: What kind of music does Santa Claus prefer above all others? The answer, of course, is cool jazz. That’s what everybody digs up at the North Pole. The same is true at Jazz at Lincoln ...
Hot House Jazz In her liner notes for her latest release entitled Lucky All Along (Ruby Slippers Productions 1030) out December 6, 2024, the acclaimed pianist/composer/band leader Lisa Hilton shares ...
The iconic poster boy for the West Coast cool school, Chet Baker left a profound mark on jazz in his 40-year career. When the body of Chet Baker was found, crumpled and bloodied, on an Amsterdam ...
The heyday of this phenomenon seems to have been the 1950s. The longest-running of these columns were not written by AYFers but set the standard for all that followed. One was called “The ...