Bud Shank, 82, who brought Brazilian music to U.S. audiences, helped define the West Coast-bred “cool jazz” in the 1950s and played the dreamlike flute solo on the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 hit ...

Lee Konitz, an alto saxophonist who was an exemplar of jazz’s so-called “cool school,” died Wednesday in Manhattan of coronavirus complications, according to his niece, Linda Konitz. Unlike the ...

The use of non-standard jazz instruments or instrumentations in ensembles was heard often. "During the last half-century, New York's preeminence in the jazz world has faced a serious challenge only ...