A century ago, the prosperous, post-World War I “Jazz Age” drummed out one tumultuous social change after another. On the ...

a principal architect of jazz, and, as is widely recognized, the finest female vocalist of the 20th century. Appropriately enough, the jazz world has spent recent weeks marking the centennial of ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements ... The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm, and ...

Here are some of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century in 17 rare, vintage performances, from pioneers such as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Louis Armstrong, to Lionel Hampton ...

Advancing technology enabled the recording of classical music and jazz, which in turn lead to the rise of globe-straddling artists like Pavarotti and Callas. Music in the 20th Century changed ...