Smith was a jazz pianist from the Philly suburb of Norristown, but witnessed “Wild” Bill Davis perform on the Hammond B-3 organ at the famed Club Harlem in Atlantic City in 1953. He immediately ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. Reference books give the birth date of the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith as December 8, 1925, 100 years ago. More recent sources cite 1928 as ...

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year. This is ...

Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the jazz notables who died this year, including Sheila Jordan, Andy Bey, Ray Drummond, Bunky Green, Chuck Mangione, Eddie Palmieri and Jim McNeely. This is FRESH AIR ...

Cameron Carpenter tours using his International Touring Organ, a first-of-its kind digital organ, and will perform May16-17 at at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, California. (Photo ...

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