This was a historic night in New York City in 1938. Jazz had no linkage to formal concert settings until Benny Goodman's orchestra played a concert in Carnegie Hall. It was considered the first formal jazz concert and it was recorded.

Trombonist Tyree Glenn was born in 1912 in Corsicana, Texas. He was a fixture in the Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington bands for many years. He died in 1974.

Composer Hoagy Carmichael was born this date in 1899 in Bloomington, Ind. An associate of Bix Beiderbecke and the Dorsey Brothers, Carmichael is best known for the terrific standards he wrote, including "Stardust," "Skylark" and "Georgia On My Mind."

The New Orleans musical community offered another example of its bottomless heart recently with a rousing benefit for local bassist Will Ainsworth, who is under

Trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison was born this day in 1915 in Columbus, Ohio.

Ruben Blades' new album, "Mundo," is a breakthrough release for the Panamanian-born singer and songwriter, a visionary world music statement combining Latin, Celtic, Middle Eastern, African, Afro-Cuban Sounds and more.

Leslie Smith has been a respected vocalist on the local New Orleans scene for a long time, but she has remade herself over the course of the last two years, taking up the piano and becoming a singer-songwriter.

Drummer-bandleader Ben Pollack was born this day in Chicago in 1903. He was considered the father of big band swing, but never enjoyed even a fraction of the success of proteges Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Bob Crosby and Harry James who each spent time i

Today is June 22nd.