Jazz

Monday, Dec 24, 2012 6:00 PM UTC

Did the American songbook kill jazz?

Jazz has venerated its own traditions for so long that the music seems stale and the audience is gone. Now what?

Scott Timberg 21 Topics: Jazz, Music, Art in Crisis, Editor's Picks

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 5:37 PM UTC

Dave Brubeck is good for your brain

His music might not swing the way jazz "should," but it offers a unique set of biochemical pleasures

Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American Topics: Scientific American, Jazz, dave brubeck, Take Five, Music, Science, Brain Science

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 5:06 AM UTC

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

The musician and one-time mentor to the Beatles was labeled "the godfather of world music" by George Harrison

Muneeza Naqvi, AP Topics: Associated Press, Ravi Shankar, The Beatles, George Harrison, Jazz

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 5:44 PM UTC

Salon readers remember Dave Brubeck

A YouTube eulogy for the jazz legend, who died today at 91 VIDEO

Salon Staff 13 Topics: Video, dave brubeck, Jazz, Music, Germany, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 4:57 PM UTC

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91

The composer and pianist would have turned 92 on Thursday VIDEO

Pat Eaton-robb, AP Topics: aol_on, Video, dave brubeck, Jazz, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Music, piano

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 3:37 PM UTC

Madeleine Albright is quite the drummer

The former secretary of state got big applause at the Kennedy Center VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield Topics: Kennedy Center Honors, Jazz, State DEpartment, Madeleine Albright

Friday, Sep 7, 2012 11:30 PM UTC

Should Duke Ellington be compared to Bach?

A new book suggests that the jazz composer and big band leader defies category

John Wriggle, LA Review of Books 26 Topics: LA Review of Books, Duke Ellington, Jazz, Music, Racism, Miles Davis

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Monday, Dec 24, 2012 6:00 PM UTC

Did the American songbook kill jazz?

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 5:37 PM UTC

Dave Brubeck is good for your brain

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 5:06 AM UTC

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 5:44 PM UTC

Salon readers remember Dave Brubeck

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 4:57 PM UTC

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91

Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 3:37 PM UTC

Madeleine Albright is quite the drummer

Friday, Sep 7, 2012 11:30 PM UTC

Should Duke Ellington be compared to Bach?

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