Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie didn’t simply co-lead a musical revolution. He did it with fashion. Whereas alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was mentioned to carry out...
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Thelonious Monk is undoubtedly one of the crucial essential – and controversial – figures within the historical past...
In a supernova-like burst of inventive brilliance, Harlem-born pianist Bud Powell lit up the bebop jazz scene of the late Nineteen Forties, combining dazzling...