Bill DeArango, an innovative jazz guitarist of the 1940s, died Dec. 26 at a nursing home in East Cleveland, Ohio.

A celebrated saxophonist and composer, he was one of three brothers who became renowned jazz musicians.

Sheila Jordan, who has died aged 96, was an acclaimed jazz singer and much-loved teacher who cut her teeth in the Bebop scene ...

The ironic thing about bebop is that when this style of jazz was introduced and presented to the general public in the mid-1940s, it was widely regarded by the music industry as the most esoteric ...

He's been at the forefront of contemporary jazz for over 40 years. He played with a number of bop groups in New York during the 1940s with quintets led by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Later ...

Stoll said a common knowledge of jazz comes from the formation of bebop, which was considered a rebellion against the big bands that resulted in musical and social changes in the mid-1940s in New ...

Leo Parker may not be a name that instantly springs to mind in the world of late 1940s bebop. There was one point, in 1948, however, when serious people, like Barry Ulanov, regarded Parker as the best ...

The Chicago in Tune jazz showcase in Millennium Park reaches from 1940s bebop to present-day avant-garde experiments and pop hybrids.

To say that Stan Kenton, or his orchestra, ever played bebop is, to me, a sacrilege. It’s enough to cause that big band genius to climb out of his grave, and holler in self-defense and set the ...