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Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review Jazz: A History of America's Music * Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns * Knopf * 490 pages * $65 It was as a novice that award-winning documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball) came to the s...(Continue Reading) Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review Jazz: A History of America's Music by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns Knopf, November 2000, $65.00, ISBN 0-679-44551-X Whenever anyone attempts to write a history of something as enormous and comp...(Continue Reading)A jazz violin virtuosa: with a background as diverse as her sound, violinist Regina Carter makes history by taking listeners on a musical adventure, uniting Regina Carter loves taking risks with her music. "I try to pull the rug from under my own feet," she says. "I always try to push myself." The classically ......(Continue Reading)Three Mo' Tenors: trio makes history with a rhythmic blend of jazz, soul and classical music - music group members Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young, Rodrick THREE Mo' Tenors--Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young and Rodrick Dixon--have taken the well-traveled act of tenors Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and ......(Continue Reading)Dizzy Gillespie honored with jazz club inside $10 million Lincoln Center facility - Music - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - Brief Article Dizzy Gillespie spread the joy of jazz to millions around the globe during the last half-century. Now a new generation of jazz artists will be able to keep Gillespie's legacy alive in a soon-to-be-...(Continue Reading)
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