Artist Profiles

Profiles of jazz musicians past and present

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer who changed the direction of jazz several times: he led the Birth of the Cool sessions of 1949-1950, … Read more

Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962, in New Orleans) is the trumpeter who replaced Wynton Marsalis in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1982, recorded for Columbia Records, and … Read more

Dayramir González is a Havana-born pianist, composer and educator who began his professional career at 16 in Diákara, the Afro-Cuban jazz group of former Irakere member Oscar Valdés. … Read more