Maxine B. Gordon is building a new perspective on jazz history. In her upcoming book, “Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians—Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, ...

Dexter Gordon was a remarkable tenor saxophonist. A towering, dashing figure with an embracing smile and a wry sense of humor, Gordon was a powerful player whose bebop approach was equally assertive ...

For bass trombonist Maxine Troglauer, born in Wiesbaden in 1995, classical, jazz and contemporary music are not distinct genres that need to be separated from one another. Instead, they are ...