This long-running outdoor jazz festival returns to the Lincoln Stairs behind the AKG Art Museum on Sunday afternoons from ...

His musical talent extended to performing Beatles and Rolling Stones songs for his children, and his lifelong love of music was evident in his appreciation for classical jazz legends such as Dave ...

Many jazz fans seem to only focus on Chet Baker’s 1950s material when he was still young and beautiful and crooning sweet songs like “My Funny Valentine.” I however have come to greatly appreciate his ...

This collaboration between Stan Getz and João Gilberto, with the iconic track “The Girl from Ipanema,” is a smooth, melodic album that captures the essence of Brazil.

On the West Coast, the rival ‘cool school’ developed, pioneered by Chet Baker, Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan. Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band was ‘one of the outstanding big bands to emerge in the 1960s’.

He also had a stint with Stan Kenton. During his performing career, Coker played and was friends with many jazz greats including Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie ...

Event details about SF Recovery Theatre 'Night at The Black Hawk: Keep Dreams Alive' in San Francisco on January 14, 2024 - watch, listen, photos and tickets ...

1984 Dutch session is a good demonstration of Marsh's advanced command of harmony, one that apparently intimidated Stan Getz A few years ago Hod O’Brien told me about this session, which is the only ...

Unlike the disappointing album he recorded with Stan Getz earlier in 1958, this date with a formidable group of New Yorkers finds Chet Baker in compelling form. His playing is far removed from his ...

Getz, in search of a new sound, had had huge success with his 1962 album, “,” the only jazz album that had ever . The foray in bossa nova with two established stars of the genre was going to ...

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83.