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Thelonious Monk composed such songs as "Blue Monk" and "Straight, No Chaser." He added his unique style of improvisation to records by Charlie Parker and led a big band.

Randy Weston's concert at York University's Tribute Community Recital Hall was the highlight of their Black History Month celebrations.

Film documentary follows the making of a single Steinway piano from start to finish.

Ragtime is a musical idiom which flourished between the 1890s and 1910s. It is the only stylistic precursor of jazz for which any tangible evidence survives.

In 2007 Hiromi with Sonicbloom opened for the Band Trio Beyond on a hot Toronto night; she almost stole the show and left a new legions of fans gasping for more.

Yet another UK music competition is underway. Listeners have the chance to decide on their favorite musician from the 10 choices offered by the RPS Music Awards.

This is a look at the British composer and musician Colin Towns, and how his Mask Orchestra took the jazz world by the scruff of the neck.

The new season of New Generation Artists features a jazz trumpeter, a harpsichordist, cellist,, string quartet, violinist and more.

Olde Pink House and adjoining Planters Tavern are must-stops on Savannah's tour of haunts. Oh, and the food's not bad, either.

On July 21, 2007, international champion performer Sofya Gulyak won first prize in the 2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition at the University of Maryland.

Warner Home Video's A Charlie Brown Christmas is a less-than-stellar Blu-Ray transfer of the charming Peanuts special. 7/10.

Instead of dealing with expensive taxi, hotel and event fares in the city, consider trying out one of these fun and local events for New Year's Eve 2007.

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Many of them household names, several Canadian adoptees are famous for their singing, songwriting and live performances internationally and throughout Canada.

Le Caprice reigns supreme! Excellent food, wonderful service and a glamourous, lively atmosphere keeps this legendery restaurant top of it's A list clientele.

Toronto's Massey Hall, built expressly for orchestral and choral performances, opened June 14, 1894 and earned a unique place in history.

It is the cultural appeal of the Trane studio that has made it quickly gain a reputation as Toronto's, hippest jazz club to be seen at; either as a musician or a patron.

With Oscar Peterson's death (the man Duke Ellington called the 'Maharajah of the keyboard') on the 23rd December 2007, Canada, and the jazz world, mourns.

Omar Sosa, jazz player? Too constricting and passive. Omar Sosa, jazz musician? More like it. This Cuban-born artist uses jazz as a philosophy to include global music.

Being well-rounded doesn't mean losing your musical edge and no one knows this better than Peabody and Emmy award winning vocalist Rondi Charleston.

An overview of the music created by an enduringly popular American singer-songwriter.

Washington bids troops goodbye; Ellington jams the Cotton Club; 4,000 die from London smog. These and many other events shaped history on this day, December 4.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has been mystifying music lovers with his jazzy classical trumpet playing for decades.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Creative Chair John Adams and Curator of the 2009/2010 West Coast, Left Coast Festival includes works that resonate with West Coast musical life.