In my opinion, Mickey Baker’s The Wildest Guitar is in the top five of greatest album covers. I’ve stared at Mickey’s face, I’ve analyzed what his left hand is fingering. I’ve looked to see if his ...

Saxophone and flute great James Moody became an international jazz star in 1949. He continued to record and tour around the world until shortly before his death in 2010, in San Diego, from pancreatic ...

This is the latest in a series of stories and photographs featuring high school marching bands in the region. The series will appear each Friday throughout the high school football season. DAVIDSVILLE ...

One of the immovable pillars of jazz, John Coltrane truly loved the artform. A premiere saxophonist, Coltrane’s technical ability, improvisational skills and willingness to expand the very idea of ...

This is FRESH AIR. Here on the show, we memorialize jazz composer Benny Golson and drummer Roy Haynes. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers a few more musicians who passed in 2024. For some of ...

“Feel Good Music,” and boast a dynamic singer in Nia Drummond. 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. The JAI, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. $55-$62. theconrad.org In 2023, Samara Joy became only the second ...

In a career that stretched across seven decades, Mike Wofford provided exactly the right touch on piano in any and every ...

Dave Corbus teaches the jazz guitar majors at the University of Colorado Boulder. This includes BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, Corbus works with his students to develop and maintain a solid ...