Jazz versions of holiday classics can bring up these feelings even with no singer, though perhaps start with Ella Fitzgerald’s classic album “Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.” Other sweet as ...

True, the composer Henry Mancini, another Italian American musician, shared a love of jazz via his hip theme song for the ...

Ahead of the 2021 holiday season, Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a special vinyl edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio’s enduring soundtrack to the 1965 PEANUTS animated ...

In 1964, one year before A Charlie Brown Christmas brought cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s PEANUTS® to TV screens across America, the Vince Guaraldi Trio breathed life into its beloved characters ...

In the 75 years since its conception, Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip and its subsequent multi-media spin-offs has ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jazz trumpeter and St. Louis native Jim Manley, 70. When St. Louis–native and jazz musician Jim Manley fell in love with the ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

Rosemary Loar delivered a warm, cozy evening of Christmas music marked by range, originality, and skill. Even the most ...

New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh. By Hank Shteamer Two of the most ...

The Rio Americano Jazz Trio performs 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas' for the Winter Jam. I found fame as an ...