Dixieland jazz is a style that blends New Orleans jazz and classic jazz—also called "Chicago jazz"—of the 1920s. The music is generally thought of as a collective improvisation during the choruses, with individual solos that...

Dixieland music is a style of jazz which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s. Dixieland jazz combined brass band marches, French quadrilles, ragtime and...

Given New Orleans' reputation for being a wild-and-crazy town with a penchant for the outlandish and shocking, it's no surprise that unusual fashions and colors are in demand there. Comfort is a consideration, but style and distinctiveness take precedence: New Orleans consumers want...

STEVE ADAMEK The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-08-1992 NO SURPRISES IN DIXIELAND -- BRAVES KNEW BY NOW THEY'D BE HALFWAY TO PROMISED LAND By STEVE ADAMEK Date: 10-08-1992, Thursday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B,...

Peggy Gilbert, a noted saxophonist who helped female jazz musicians gain acceptance over a decades-long career of leading all-women ensembles, has died. She was 102.A Los Angeles resident, she died Feb. 12 of complications of hip surgery Monday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in...

Harry Connick Jr. walked through the Bourbon Street jazz club where he performed as a child, saying repeatedly how amazed he is that so little has changed."It's exactly the same," the singer-pianist said Wednesday at the Maison Bourbon, where more than 30 years ago he...