Articles
See, Hear: Rediscovering the Pleasures of Live Music
The concert experience can be as revelatory as it is enthralling
The Essential Dave Brubeck: Everything You Need to Know About the Jazz Great
By the numbers: We examine the accomplishments—and best performances—of the jazz innovator, who died at 91 on Dec. 5, 2012
Books: State Of The Arts
There is far more to the arts in California than the movies. Through 54 probing interviews with prominent writers, composers, architects and painters, Isenberg,...
Jazz: Dave Becomes David
Conductors of symphony orchestras are not the only musicians complaining about hectic schedules and overwork these days. Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck has...
Music: Successful Failure
Back in the days when he was just another struggling West Coast pianist, Dave Brubeck was a critical success, extravagantly admired by the eggheads of jazz...
Photo Essays
Ella and Friends: Color Portraits of the First Lady of Song and Other Jazz Legends
In a January 1955 article titled “New Life for U.S. Jazz,” LIFE magazine noted that the genre’s popularity was growing faster than almost any other form of music...
