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Manzarek, who was influenced by John Coltrane, added a jazz component to the band's rock sound and filled the role of bassist. The band charted 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 starting in 1967. When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and ...

On his weekly radio show, The Jazz Collectors, Robert Northern — known to his listeners as Brother Ah — plays music by some of the most iconic names in jazz. He has stories about working with them, too. WPFW DJ Brother Ah has taken part in much ...

| Paul Gabrielsen | NEW YORK (WP-BLOOM/ScienceNOW) When jazz legend John Coltrane first heard Charlie Parker play the saxophone, the music hit him right between the eyes, he once said. According to neuroscientists, Coltrane was exactly right. When ...

I love all types of music, from John Coltrane playing "My Favorite Things" to Bruce Springsteen shaking the rafters with "Promised Land" to Hilary Hahn's rapturous performance of a Bach Partita. And lately I've been thinking more about the place of ...

The legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, historic home to such greats as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, and current home to artists such as Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, ...

The release of alternate takes has special significance in jazz, for obvious reasons. Even though no performance of composed music is precisely repeatable-and loving classical music implies being keenly sensitive to the shuddering sublimity of the ...

BOONE—Jerome Kern, John Coltrane and George Gershwin help fill the program for the May 1 performance of the Appalachian Jazz Vocal Ensemble. Keith McCutchen directs the ensemble in the 8 p.m. performance in Broyhill Music Center's Rosen Concert ...

Nathan Haines has been jazz saxophonin' for nigh on 25 years, in that time collaborating with Damon Albarn, Jamiroquai, Goldie and Marlena Shaw. In his latest production he has returned to acoustic recording techniques to record new album the Poet's ...

If the new stuff fails to sell, there's always what can be found in the vaults. Do the major labels still possess actual tape vaults? You'd think they would get around to digitizing all of the precious sounds before they deteriorate, huh? Here are a ...