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Thelonious Monk was a more nuanced figure than the flimsy characterization of a way-out jazz cat could ever convey.

The subtle sounds of this saxophonist defy definition.

Ben Ratliff's not-quite biography of John Coltrane considers the jazz legend's enduring influence.

Nearly fifty years after Ornette Coleman revolutionized jazz, he is finally being honored with the music world's top awards.

As composer Steve Reich turns 70, he is winning recognition from the
classical establishment for the creativity and power ever-present in
his music.

John Gennari's Blowin' Hot and Cool looks at the intimate but fractious relationship between jazz luminaries and their critics.

When David Spencer Ware was a baby, his mother pronounced a blessing over him. Go See the World became the title of the saxophonist's first major-label record, for Columbia.

On the morning of November 25, 1970, the body of a young African-American male was recovered from the foot of the Congress Street Pier in Brooklyn.

CORNEL WEST: We want to begin just by raising the general query of how
you would characterize our historical moment.

Since Miles Davis died on September 28, 1991, the merchandising machine has been in overdrive, pushing repackaged classics (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), niche compilations and