But, if actual jazz is your main interest, the edge goes to MAP. The benefit was started by the Godston brothers, childhood friends of local drummer Brian Jones, in tribute to their mother who ...

Perhaps because of its lower visibility in the historical record, this style of 20th-century music has never really been given a name. “Modal jazz,” which means working with a scale or ...

From there, the album ranges over various jazz styles—blues, swing, cool—and reaches a high point with Fats Waller’s full-chorded, stomping piano playing and lowdown comic singing.

Her style fuses jazz, blues, and folk, earning her critical acclaim and commercial success. Birth Date: April 18, 1974; Major Albums: Careless Love, Half the Perfect World, The Blue Room; ...