Cool Jazz stories:
With White House Poetry Jam, a New Era Is Spoken For
May 13th, 2009 - Washington Post
Perhaps for the first time ever, the White House jammed and slammed last night. Poets and playwrights, actors and musicians packed the ornate East Room, delivering cool jazz and glorious spoken-word poetry...
Musician pioneered West Coast jazz scene
Apr 6th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
Bud Shank, 82, who brought Brazilian music to U.S. audiences, helped define "cool jazz" in the 1950s and played the dreamlike flute solo on The Mamas and the Papas' 1965 hit "California Dreamin'," died April 2 at his home in Tucson, Ariz...



