The Bradford Era

NEW YORK (AP) — Miles Davis wasn’t even listed in the program book when he appeared for the first time at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, but he ma...

NEW YORK (AP) — Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1949. But the folksinging legend, who i...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein doesn’t know if this year will mark the end of a tradition dating back to the inaugural...

NEW YORK (AP) — Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein is more interested in where jazz is going than in where it’s been as he marks the 60th anniv...

NEW YORK (AP) — Herbie Hancock reckons he's performed more often in Japan than in his hometown of Chicago during his professional career. The pianist ...