Influential blues and jazz pianist Mose Allison, whose songs were covered by an array of rock veterans, died Tuesday at the age of 89 of natural causes. Allison’s daughter, Amy, confirmed the musician ...

Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 039 (A 21011--A 21014); A4 21010 (A 21011--A 21014); DIDP 071657--DIDP 071660. Solo jazz piano music and jazz ensembles with piano. Compact discs; remastered.

It is the uncommon blend of old and new that ultimately sets The Brat Pack apart from their contemporaries. Armed with their own unique style, a fusion of blues and jazz, they can effortlessly put ...

“As you can see, I’m a jazz musician,” says 12-year-old Joey Alexander in this behind-the-scenes video from Vanity Fair’s young-jazz portfolio. Alexander sits at the ready in front of a sleek baby ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, ...

Pianist, vocalist and songwriter Marcia Ball brings together Texas blues with Louisiana flavors, melding boogie-woogie, zydeco and Swamp Rock. Influenced by artists of the region, such as Janis Joplin ...