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The 25 Best Duke Ellington Songs Every Jazz Listener Should Know Duke Ellington songs form the largest single body of work in the American jazz canon, comprising more … Read more

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer whose recorded and documented words reveal the same improvisational genius as his music. … Read more

New York City is home to more than 60 active jazz venues, making it the densest concentration of live jazz clubs anywhere in the world, from 78-year-old Greenwich … Read more

A jazz club outfit sits somewhere between smart casual and cocktail chic, polished enough to respect the room, relaxed enough to let you sink into a set and … Read more

Miles Davis (1926–1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader whose recorded output across six decades produced some of the most influential albums in the history of … Read more

Miles Davis left behind a body of words as provocative, spare, and irreverent as his music. These Miles Davis quotes span his entire career, from his bebop years … Read more

The best jazz albums of all time span more than a century of American music, from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five recordings of 1925 through the genre-blurring jazz of … Read more

Famous jazz musicians are the composers, improvisers, and bandleaders whose recordings, techniques, and innovations defined jazz as one of America’s most enduring original art forms, from New Orleans … Read more