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Throughout the 20th century, jazz could not be contained, rapidly spreading around the world as it became associated with American democratic “free-spirited”

Charlie Parker, American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and he was one of the three great revolutionary geniuses in jazz.

As hip-hop turns 50, Arwa Haider traces the verbal pioneers who forged a path long before 1973, from jazz "hep cat" Slim Gaillard to "dirty blues" singer Lucille Bogan.

The singer and brass man brought his rich bass-baritone voice to bear on the GAS, accompanied by bass vet Paul Francis and others

For half a century, Tony Bennett has sung from the heart, his artistic morality lifting him above musical trends and into the 80s comeback engineered by his son. As the great American troubadour reaches 75, a popular radio host shares his experience of the simple grace behind Bennett's greatness