Paul Chambers News

Incredible footage of Coltrane performing in 1960 with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb beginning his epic quest, with his Atlantic and Prestige recordings behind him and his Impulse ones to come.

The U.S. Congress has agreed that Kind of Blue is a landmark achievement. In a rare show of unanimity, Congress voted Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis's recording, thought by many critics to be a masterpiece.

You're invited to participate in AAJ's new etiquette column, 'Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum." Read our October questions and answers here .

Alexandra Eckhardt, a 7th-semester music education major with a jazz emphasis, performed alongside UConn Jazz Faculty professors Earl MacDonald and Bill Reynolds on Monday at 8 p.m. in Von der Mehden Recital Hall.

Opening the set with "So What" off Kind of Blue - the biggest selling jazz record of all time - Davis takes extra solos prior to and directly after Coltrane to make up for the absence of alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, who purportedly was unable to attend the taping due to illness.

During the 1950s, the careers of trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist Sonny Rollins were ascending to their eventual legendary statuses, due to their great musical talents and in spite of their dangerous vices.

Detroit has contributed much to music and jazz -- arguably America's greatest art form.