Redhotjazz.com was a pioneering website during the "Information wants to be Free" era of the 1990s. In that spirit we are recovering the lost data from the now defunct site and sharing it with you.

Redhotjazz.com was a pioneering website during the "Information wants to be Free" era of the 1990s. In that spirit we are recovering the lost data from the now defunct site and sharing it with you.

Jazz returned to Barcelona in a big way this past September, with the annual four-day music event called Jazzing Festival — or simply, Jazzing. It was the eighth such Jazzing, created by and featuring ...

It may seem surprising that Duke Ellington, who took over Elmer Snowden’s Washingtonians in 1924, did not have a regular vocalist until late in 1931. Through the decades, Ellington wrote quite a few ...

As a Brit, when I think of US national parks I think Yosemite—thousands of miles of lakes, trees, bears, and continent-threatening supervolcanoes. (Keep an eye on that one, America; it’s going to be ...

One thing jazz lovers today can appreciate is that here are a good number of jazz bands featuring young musicians—in music schools, high schools, colleges, and elsewhere – keeping jazz alive in both ...

Behind every great man is a great woman, they say. Often she’s sitting on a piano stool, if my “forgotten ladies” features are anything to go by. But while plenty of women provided the rhythmic and ...

Quartet version of Dick Oxtot’s Stompers with Ted Butterman (cornet), Bunky Colman (clarinet), Pete Allen (bass) and Oxtot (banjo). Here is the tale of a colorful jazz nightclub and low dive.

International Sweethearts of Rhythm on a film soundstage c. 1945. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was a racially mixed sixteen-piece all-women Swing orchestra. The word ‘International’ denoted ...

There is a persistent myth, especially among younger swing dancers, that 1942 marked a watershed in Britain’s toe-tapping habits. That was the year the US GIs came, bringing not only nylons but the ...

Stan Vincent created a playlist of all the tunes discussed in the below article. You may find it in full HERE. The personnel remained remarkably consistent, excepting the reed chair. The three reedmen ...

The Manhattan Transfer is the most successful vocal jazz group in music history. The 29 albums released by the quartet have sold in the millions. They’ve won 11 Grammys and countless other awards, ...