Go on a glorious 350-mile drive that embraces the entire history of popular music, from gospel to soul to jazz to country to rock.

Scores of historic jazz performances from the 1950s and 1960s are available on the Ed Sullivan Show's YouTube channel

From the album "From One Charlie" released in 1992 - Composed by Charlie Parker. -- Musicians: Charlie Watts - Drums -- Peter King - Alto Sax -- Gerard Presencer - Trumpet -- Brian Lemon - Piano -- David Green - Bass

Enjoy funking out to this uncut studio rendition of "Chameleon" from the 1973 album Head Hunters.

Atlanta Jazz Festival returns for Labor Day Weekend

Bohren & der Club of Gore

The bags had marijuana in them.

Fountains of Wayne Cover ft. Casey Abrams

Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. Heath died Sunday morning in Loganville, Georgia of natural causes, his grandson told NPR. He was 93 years old. His family was at his side, including his wife of 60 years, Mona Heath, his children Mtume and Rozie, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and his brother, drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath.

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

New Orleans has a fairly spotty track record when it comes to preserving cultural landmarks, but Buddy Bolden's blighted former residence may avoid being lost to time, as he nearly was.

Trumpeter blowing his horn. Hand-drawn, digitally rendered.

Daughter

The story of Poland’s most celebrated but reclusive singer

A quiet Sunday night in 1953. The Dodgers had just won the pennant. J.F.K. and Jacqueline Bouvier had just married. And four titans of bebop came together in a dive bar for a rare jam session.

I love French vocalese groups. The language is so lyrical and romantic—there's something impossibly seductive about vocalese lyrics (in many cases written by Jon Hendricks) sung by Parisians. The singers truly understood the music's intent and passion. Here are seven...

A Points South essay from our Winter 2018 Music Issue featuring North Carolina.

If you’re trying to get a grasp of classic jazz, forget about listening for a second — try watching.

Just as American jazz musicians of the 1950s typically headed off to jam sessions following their last sets at clubs, Cuban musicians did the same in Havana. Musicians who dressed in guarachera shirts to play for tourists in hotel ballrooms...

Beautifully amazing.