Recorded in two sessions in 1956 and released the following year on Savoy, Hank Mobley’s Jazz Message #2 stands as one of ...

“Lou Donaldson DSC0004a” by Marek Lazarski is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the jazz world lost a legend with the passing of Lou Donaldson. Donaldson was a bebop mainstay, a ...

Guitarist John Scofield’s career is the embodiment of jazz history for the past half-century. He’s synthesized multiple styles on the instrument, culminating in a relatable sound that’s graced ...

Bebop officially emerged in 1945 when Dizzy Gillsepie recorded Be-Bop (also known as Dizzy's Fingers). The jazz press didn't start using the term until 1946 to define an entire genre of emerging music ...

Music, much like language, never stays in one place too long; it continuously changes and develops. When bebop came onto the jazz scene, for example, it didn't take long for this evolutionary process ...

Boston College’s premier Jazz ensemble bOp! gave an electric performance at their “Live at the Cabaret Room” showcase in Vanderslice Hall, a performance that brought together a constellation of ...

The Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra (SSJO) will open its 2024-2025 season honoring the music of two genre giants with a play on one of William Shakespeare’s famous phrases: “To Be or Not to Bop: ...

As the lights dimmed in Bonn Studio Theater on Thursday night, the rhythmic pulse of jazz music filled the room to signal the start of Boston College bOp!’s Coffee House performance. Like a late-night ...

Trumpeter Miles Davis was the quintessence of cool. A musical icon as well as a cultural one, Davis took his place in the ...

Celebrated jazz trombonist, composer, and integral player in the development of the hard-bop movement of the 1950s and 60s, Curtis DuBois Fuller, died in Detroit on May 8 at the age of 88. Born in ...

Allen Ginsberg, a powerful voice of the Beat Generation, drew deep inspiration from jazz. His groundbreaking poem "Howl" has ...