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Al "Jazzbo" Collins was an American disc jockey and musician who hosted The Tonight Show in 1957. He also recorded jazz versions of nursery rhymes, narrated Soundies shorts, and worked at several radio stations in the US.
The Tonight Show Band refers to the house band on the American television variety show The Tonight Show, which has created an important showcase for jazz on American television. The Tonight Show Band has changed in form and composition since the program first aired in 1954.
Live from Emmet's Place is a weekly video-streaming broadcast and concert produced by Emmet Cohen consisting of Cohen and his trio along with invited guests. Guests on Live From Emmet’s Place represent a multigenerational cross section of jazz from the jazz masters such as Houston Person, Joe Lovano, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Eddie Henderson, Steve Davis, Sheila Jordan and Victor ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is a big band led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. It performs jazz, swing and classical music, and has recorded albums featuring Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and others.
Learn about Clark Terry, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz and a mentor to many famous musicians. He played with Ellington, Basie, Jones, Peterson and more, and appeared on over 900 recordings.
The free shows with major artists started in the aftermath of COVID. In 2022, the first year back after the pandemic, the festival used arts-designated funds secured by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer ...
A Great Day in Harlem is a famous photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by Art Kane for Esquire magazine in 1958. Learn about the history, the musicians, the film, and the homages of this iconic image.
The Half Note was a jazz club in New York City, New York that flourished in two Manhattan locations – from 1957 to 1972 in SoHo (then known as the Village) at 289 Hudson Street at Spring Street and from 1972 to 1974 in Midtown at 149 West 54th Street, one block west of the Museum of Modern Art.