Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller, born May 21, 1904, was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic...

Glenn Gould, born 25 September 1932, was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th...

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr, born 23 December 1929, was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in...

Arthur Tatum Jr., born October 13, 1909, was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From...

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC CQ OOnt, born August 15, 1925, was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. He released over 200...

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that...

Henry Robert Hall, CBE, born 2 May 1898, was an English bandleader who performed regularly on BBC Radio during the British dance band era...

Raymond Stanley Noble, born 17 December 1903, was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble wrote both...

The Making Gay History podcast delves into Eric Marcus’s decades old audio archive of rare interviews — conducted for his award-winning...

"Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?" Sir Noël Peirce Coward, born 16 December 1899, was an English playwright,...

Elliott Smith, born August 6, 1969 was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

"Everybody came.....everybody came to the cotton club." I, like I'm sure many other younger generations, first saw Cab Calloway in the...

A 1930's jazz crooner, Al Bowlly had an almost unsurpassable repertoire recording more than 1,000 records between 1927-1941. He was a...