Dec 11th, 2008 · The jazz piano legend is celebrating his 70th birthday with a weeklong stint at the Blue Note jazz club in New York and with a new record featuring guitarists such as John Scofield and Derek Trucks. The secret to his musical longevity? "Carrot juice," he says.
Dec 6th, 2008 · The man credited with coining the phrase "sci-fi" died this week at the age of 92. Host Andrea Seabrook has this remembrance of Forrest J. Ackerman.
Dec 5th, 2008 · Sixteen-year-old jazz phenom Grace Kelly has played with a host of jazz legends, including Phil Woods and Wynton Marsalis. As if her early sax stardom weren't enough, Kelly has recently begun singing as well. She displays her vocal acumen on "East of the Sun" before showing off her sax skills on "'Round Midnight."
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Folksinging legend Odetta has died. She was 77. Her ballads and songs became, for many, the sound track to the American civil rights movement.
Dec 1st, 2008 · The actor plays Muddy Waters in the new film Cadillac Records, which tells the story of Chicago's Chess Records, where Waters launched his career alongside Etta James, Chuck Berry and others.
Nov 22nd, 2008 · Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr is tired of hearing teen girls — and adults — carry on about Twilight. He says pop culture has been running twists on the Dracula legend since the silent era; he offers three revisionist vampire films to satisfy your bloodsucking cravings this weekend.
Nov 21st, 2008 · For Speak Low, blue-eyed-soul legend Boz Scaggs had a sound in mind long before recording his interpretation of jazz standards. But the concept was blurry until he pinpointed the instrumentation: a combination of strings, horns and vibes.
Nov 19th, 2008 · Self-proclaimed "broadcasting legend" Stephen Colbert talks about his upcoming Christmas special on Comedy Central. According to Colbert, it will include goats dressed as reindeer and his own original Christmas songs.