Jazz

Rock vs. jazz Rock vs. jazz

For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
By Gary Kamiya Feb 19, 2008

  • Exclusive Song of the Day: "Mantra #5," Joshua Redman

    Star saxman Joshua Redman heads east.
    April 27, 2007

  • Francis Davis takes on Wynton Marsalis

    A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album.
    April 17, 2007

  • Revisiting Impulse

    June 21, 2006

  • Farewell to a jazz cosmopolitan

    Benny Carter wasn't dark or depressed and didn't die of a smack overdose. Instead, the saxophonist, composer and bandleader had the longest and most varied career in jazz history.
    By Jay Weiser July 29, 2003

  • Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp

    Two outstanding releases in the avant-jazz Blue Series, plus the solo debut by APC rapper Beans, take hip-hop/jazz fusion to new places.
    By Ehren Gresehover May 9, 2003

  • "So What: The Life of Miles Davis" by John Szwed

    Genius, junkie, wife-beater, demigod -- a new book plumbs the mysteries of the most influential and enigmatic American musician of our time.
    By Allen Barra January 23, 2003

  • Bass instincts

    Photographer Paul Lesniak shoots the low end of the San Francisco jazz scene.
    By Paul Lesniak October 24, 2001

  • "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

    Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes reads two of his poems.
    Read by Langston Hughes February 15, 2001

  • Jazz by the bay

    Photographer Paul Lesniak chronicles the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
    February 9, 2001

  • In defense of "Jazz"

    Hipster critics say Ken Burns offered up only penny-ante sociology and sops to Wynton Marsalis. They're wrong.
    By Gary Kamiya February 7, 2001

  • The longest tootle

    From Skunkbucket LeFunke to Louis Armstrong to ... Louis Armstrong, Ken Burns' 144-hour documentary gets to the bottom of jazz. (Did we mention Louis Armstrong?)
    By John Grabowski February 7, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 31, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 17, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 10, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 9, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 8, 2001
    By Joyce Millman January 8, 2001

  • Hark, the audio angel speaks

    Listen to Salon Audio's unique gift guide with literary suggestions for grumps, lovers, pranksters and more.
    December 12, 2000

  • Keith Jarrett

    A giant of jazz innovation finds himself reaching new heights by deftly interpreting classic tunes.
    By David Rubien December 4, 2000

  • "Jazz"

    Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward's book "Jazz" discusses Billie Holiday and the racism she faced.
    Read by Levar Burton November 29, 2000

  • They don't buy it

    By Eric Boehlert
    By July 10, 2000
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