While still in high school, Upchurch started playing with popular neighborhood groups such as the Cool Gents, who were ...

In my opinion, Mickey Baker’s The Wildest Guitar is in the top five of greatest album covers. I’ve stared at Mickey’s face, I’ve analyzed what his left hand is fingering. I’ve looked to see if his ...

Music has lost another great guitarist with the news that the legendary Phil Upchurch has died. He was 84. Variety reported ...

This is FRESH AIR. Here on the show, we memorialize jazz composer Benny Golson and drummer Roy Haynes. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers a few more musicians who passed in 2024. For some of ...

Saxophone and flute great James Moody became an international jazz star in 1949. He continued to record and tour around the world until shortly before his death in 2010, in San Diego, from pancreatic ...

Jazz concerts will be here, there and nearly everywhere in San Diego this fall. The list of likely highlights includes performances at area venues that range from Escondido to Tijuana, La Jolla to ...

Okayplayer chats with Alchemist about his new joint albums, Prodigy, Future and more. 2 days ago One of the immovable pillars of jazz, John Coltrane truly loved the artform. A premiere saxophonist, ...