Bob Weinstock, who released some of the seminal jazz recordings of the 1950s on his independent Prestige label, died Saturday of complications from diabetes at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77.

Few Americans know much about it, but a radical midcentury revolution in jazz was born in Los Angeles in the late 1950s. Some of the most exciting and challenging (and forgotten) American music was ...

Look at the covers of all your favorite metal albums. While they’ll probably fall into a few different schools of design, you can bet not a single one looks like anything that came out of the 1950s ...

For American jazz lovers looking to branch out, Europe offers a bonanza of recordings by gifted greats from the continent in the 1950s and '60s. As readers of this blog know, this is particularly true ...

Ross Barbour, the last remaining original member of the influential 1950s jazz and pop harmony group the Four Freshmen, died Saturday in Simi Valley, Calif. He was 82. He had been suffering from lung ...

George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his ...

A few years ago, a reader from California named Charlie F. started a provocative discussion in the All About Jazz forums with the title: "I've decided not to buy any more Blue Note albums." Oh boy. He ...

John Worster, a 1950s jazz bassist, listens in on a sound check at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on Jan. 10, 2014 for the band of Jim Widner, a close friend and mentee who uses the bass Worster can no ...

PIANIST Silver was a major force in 1950s jazz and this complete collection of his trio work is an excellent illustration of his percussive but imaginative approach to both composition and ...

The Christmas movie season will see “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “One Night in Miami” heading to theaters while “Soul” lands on Disney+ and “The Midnight Sky” launches on Netflix.