Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

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On this day, December 4, 1971, the Montreux Casino burnt down during a Frank Zappa concert and inspired this classic rock ...

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and ...

The Golden Age of Radio commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor when the group meets at 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, at the ...

Legendary jazz musician Jack DeJohnette has died at 83 years old in Kingston, New York, ABC 7 New York reported. DeJohnette’s longtime label ECM confirmed to The Guardian that DeJohnette died from ...

Jack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer, pianist, and bandleader who played on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and worked closely with Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, and many other jazz luminaries, has died. His ...

British bandleader Alex Mendham, who is launching an Art Deco Dance Series in San Francisco this month, has long been interested in recordings of 1930s Jazz Age radio broadcasts of bands playing the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (October 17, 2025) – The Utah Jazz have waived center Mo Bamba, forward Pedro Bradshaw, and guard Sean East II. Bamba (7-0, 233, Texas) appeared in one preseason game for the Jazz, ...

In the glittering world of the 1920s, cocktails were more than drinks — they were cultural statements. Despite Prohibition, or perhaps because of it, Americans of the Jazz Age elevated cocktail ...

I have a friend. I will not say his name. But he is to me what Charles Swann was to Marcel, the main character in Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. My friend, who is a man about town, will often, ...