Photographs in illustration by Santiago Felipe/; John Atashian/; Paul Bergen/Redferns/; Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/; BSR Agency/Gentle Look/; Jim McCrary/Redferns/; Michael Putland/; Frank ...

Roy Ayers was a virtuoso jazz vibraphone player and multi-instrumentalist, but he was also able, in the 1970s, to bring jazz ...

In the mid-1970s Keith Jarrett wasn’t just a popular jazz pianist. He was a genuine phenomenon so astoundingly productive that he put his era-defining “American Quartet” with saxophonist Dewey Redman, ...

It was a balmy and sunny afternoon in late February — unseasonably warm conditions that drew Portlanders outside in droves. But Israel Elijah, a seventh grader, was inside at the piano, focused on ...

The musical returns to South Africa and is sexier than ever! A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer ...

Responsible for many of the pop hits of the 1960s, the writers who worked in Manhattan's Brill Building were among some of the most talented of all time.