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Wilson, who's deep, dark contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Miss.

Parting thoughts on a singular voice and incredible artist

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

In 1957 tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was at the peak of his first great period, playing with a confident, swinging, and radical abandon both as a leader and with Max Roach and Miles Davis.

The reality of Graham Platner is probably somewhere between the most scandalous version being aggressively pushed right now and something considerably less damning than the headlines suggest.

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In 1961 saxophonist Sonny Rollins returned from a two-year sabbatical, forming new musical alliances as he plunged into a shifting and vibrant jazz landscape.

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How did trumpet legend Nat Adderley become a white guy playing with a three-handed bassist?

I’ve been thinking about Musa Al-Gharbi’s recent post about why taxing “the rich” and “making them pay their fair share” obscure the truth of our country’s troubling income gap.