The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first sma...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "e;favorite group,"e; he won...

Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet eleven inches tall, he weig...

Few musical genres inspire the passionate devotion of jazz. Its mystique goes far beyond the melo...

In this biography, Shipton examines the fascinating mix of ingredients that comprised the man and...

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists. ...

The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art...

Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "e;Hi-de-ho"e; chor...

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first sma...

The first volume of Barker's memoirs, A Life in Jazz, followed him from New Orleans into the big ...

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists. ...

Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his ...