In this centennial year marking the birth of saxophone giant John Coltrane in 1926, fellow saxophonist and New Orleans native Branford Marsalis is among the many musicians and jazz lovers ...

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Hocus Pocus by Dutch progressive rock group Focus was a top 10 hit in the US and a top 20 hit in the UK. And as the band's former guitarist Jan Akkerman says, it was the product of a whole host of ...

From obsessive practise to jazz greatness, John Coltrane built an enduring legacy, cemented by A Love Supreme, one of jazz's best-selling albums.

Toward the end of John Coltrane’s 1966 album Meditations, the saxophonist stops playing. So do bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, mainstays of Coltrane’s fierce quartet, making what ...

Guitarist Jan Akkerman recalls the creation of a truly bizarre ’70s rock classic – Hocus Pocus by Focus!

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The genius of this jazz pianist, who was born 109 years ago in 1917, was not always well understood, but today he is revered ...

After two years of flux following the departure of artistic director Tim Jackson, the 2026 Monterey Jazz Festival roared back ...

Key Songs… then, is a break from the norm: a chance to discuss memories and theories to accompany a set of songs from artists ...