Her portraits capture the joy and wariness of the genre’s luminaries.

Modern jazz burst upon the Los Angeles scene in December of 1945, when trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie brought his all- star sextet west from New York for an eight-week engagement at Billy Berg's Hollywood ...

A style of jazz, developed by musicians based in Los Angeles in the 1950s and related aesthetically to the COOL JAZZ movement. Much of it was played by professional studio musicians as an avocation.

In the heart of San Francisco's vibrant 1950s jazz scene, "Major Jazz" brings to life the captivating tale of Major Ingram, a talented musician torn between his two greatest loves: his passion for ...

Jordan, who died Aug. 11, was a teen when she first heard a Charlie Parker recording. Later she became part of the jazz scene in Detroit and New York City. Originally broadcast in 1981 and 1988.