2007-2025

Eighteen years of JazzWax posts in one convenient location.

A Note to JazzWax Readers

After 18 years, nearly 6,000 posts and 10 million page views, JazzWax on this platform has come to an end.

Aug 27, 2025 • Marc Myers

Video: Dizzy Gillespie in Denmark (1970)

Aug 27, 2025 • Marc Myers

'Brazil on Guitar': Powell, Gilberto and Bonfa

By 1958, the acoustic guitar, in one form or another, had been the instrument of folk music for centuries.

Aug 26, 2025 • Marc Myers

Monica, Zarna and Doc

Due to the hundreds of emails I received last week imploring me not to end my weekend post, I'm going to meet you halfway by producing one that takes me…

Aug 23, 2025 • Marc Myers

Backgrounder: Frank Wess - 'Trombones + Flute' ('56)

In July 1956, during a brief summer break by the Count Basie band, the trombone section went into Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack, N.J., studio and, with…

Aug 22, 2025 • Marc Myers

Perfection: Jackie Paris - 'Skylark' (1953)

For me, the finest and most perfect vocal rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's Skylark is by Jackie Paris.

Aug 21, 2025 • Marc Myers

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Norway (1969)

On March 18, 1969, the Cannonball Adderley Quintet was in Europe on tour, performing at the Centralteatret in Oslo, Norway.

Aug 20, 2025 • Marc Myers

Newport in Nice, France (1979)

In July 1979, the Grande Parade du Jazz was held in Nice, France, for 10 days and presented by George Wein and the Newport Jazz Festival.

Aug 19, 2025 • Marc Myers

B.B. King at the Apollo (1990)

My apologies for skipping my Weekend post.

Aug 18, 2025 • Marc Myers