Changes are here for Jazz History Online! Please read the Notes from the Editor for details, links to new articles, and a list of the jazz musicians who left us in 2024.

For years, jazz history professors had to beg their students to listen to the recordings of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. These important sides (featuring the recording debuts of the entire band, including Louis Armstrong) were made before the advent of microphones and the sound was boxy and lacking in...

While major record companies continue to fall by the wayside, small labels like Mosaic, Resonance and Reel-to-Real thrive with limited edition collections of classic jazz. All of the sets included in the present Retro Reviews feature previously issued music from iconic musicians, including Don Byas, Nat Cole, Art Tatum, Shelly...

While multi-volume biographies exist for many composers, only a few jazz musicians have been presented with the honor. Ricky Riccardi's book "Stomp Off, Let's Go", detailing the early life of Louis Armstrong, completes Riccardi's trilogy of Armstrong biographies. Thomas Cunniffe discusses the many qualities (and a few flaws) in this...

Jazz discographies are typically dry volumes, loaded with names and numbers for recording sessions. However, a new discography, "Monk's Music", breaks the rules with full color printing and impressive graphic design. Does it still fulfill the basic requirements of a discography? Thomas Cunniffe tells you the best and worst points...

In 2023, Scott Wenzel and the late Michael Cuscuna commissioned JHO's Thomas Cunniffe to write liner notes for two Mosaic collections of classic recordings from the Vanguard label. Produced by John Hammond between 1953 and 1959, the Vanguard Jazz Showcase presented a wide range of jazz musicians performing at peak...

There were many fine new jazz CDs released during 2024, and it was difficult to our reviewer Thomas Cunniffe to get through them all. The 14 albums reviewed in this survey represent some of the best releases of the year (although a few others may still be reviewed in the...

Jazz History Online’s Concert Journal continues to cover the finest jazz concerts from the Eastern US. Thomas Cunniffe is your guide to the wide variety of jazz performed from Boston to DC.

In the Autumn of 2024, Thomas Cunniffe reviewed concerts in North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. Here are capsule reviews of a very busy fall.

Newly revised and reset into a new template, JHO's renowned Swingle Singers Discography includes 75 albums from various editions of the group.