In the 1950s, when a more classically influenced style known as chamber jazz became popular at the start of the LP era, the MJQ began to attract attention. The group's esteem and status only grew in ...

It was the start of a musical career that would first lead him to fame as an arranger and writer in the jazz world of the 1950s, and on to the world of pop music and television and movies ...

Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces dance band, the current band consists of 18 active duty Airmen musicians including one vocalist. Through the years, ...

Coming out of the depths of Stalinist influence, the decade’s music featured state-backed songs – quite exotic from today’s perspective – carrying communist messages about work, as well as rebellious ...

But in the 1950's a new sound started coming out of ... You have people like Cal Tjader, and you have a whole host of other modern jazz musicians that congregated around Brubeck - it was almost ...

In the 1950s, a more melodic style known as ... was a virtuosic performer and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. His was truly a Wonderful World. A big-band jazz trailblazer ...