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The Swedish bassist and composer is best known for the folk-inspired Jazz På Svenska but his breadth of style belied the Nordic stereotype

Bird had flown the bebop scene by 1955 but his contemporary Terry Gibbs, 99, is still going and lives to tell the tales

These 15 jazz albums for people not sure they like jazz provide a gateway to a style or artist – an invitation to enter and hopefully emerge wanting more.

WESTERLY — The George Moore Cabaret Series — an annual event created to celebrate the American Songbook and the golden age of Broadway and to honor the memory of the

In 1959 and again here in 1963 Hall Overton produced big-band arrangements that showed acute understanding of Monk's angular writing style

Ira Gitler sensed the seeds of easy listening in Montgomery's second album but this was jazz, some way from the banalities of his pop years

He was the first white bebop trumpeter, evaded southern trouble as 'Albino Red' and impersonated a US general to steal thousands. Part one

A recently released live recording is of equal importance to aficionados and newbies alike.

Often regarded as a Parker copyist, the saxophonist is nonetheless inventive in this 1957 set composed mainly of well-known standards

Pogorzelski is a Christian inspired by the spiritual aspect of John Coltrane's music, here playing the latter without direct imitation