For almost sixty years, His Eminence Archbishop Franzo W. King has been leading what he calls “sound baptisms” at the San Francisco church of Saint John Coltrane. Born in a North Beach jazz club and ...
Ahead of his January 27 Santa Barbara appearance, composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard joins Air Time to talk about the Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennial, a concert honoring two towering ...
1926 was a booming year for jazz. Louis Armstrong was busy revolutionizing improvisation with his Hot Five band. Jelly Roll Morton was laying down essential tracks with his Red Hot Peppers. And, in a ...