The Nation’s Early Experiments in Jazz
When the magazine began covering jazz in the 1920s, it often struggled to catch the beat.
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Jazz Off the Record
In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Count Basie, 79, Master of Understated Swing, Dies
William (Count) Basie, who produced more music with two fingers than most pianists get out of 10, died Thursday in a hospital in Hollywood, Fla.,...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Jazz Great Thelonious Monk Dies
Jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, a musical maverick whose artistry and originality as composer and pianist made for him a permanent place wherever...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Renowed Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus Dies at 56
Charles Mingus, 56, the bassist, composer and a renowned figure in jazz for a quarter century, died Friday in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He had been...
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New York Isn’t What It Used to Be
I was walking around the city the other day and maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because I like things I used to like and dislike new things I...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Mahalia Jackson, Renowed Gospel Singer, Dies at 60
Reporting from Chicago — Mahalia Jackson, whose soulful renditions of gospel music thrilled fans the world over, including Presidents and European...
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