A century on, Marilyn Monroe speaks to the possibilities the United States once offered
With Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg, the film star contributed to an unstoppable excitement about the future
Miles Davis
Musician
‘I told Keith Jarrett, If you don’t play I’m going to be f**ked. And you will be f**ked, too’
In 1975 Vera Brandes set up the jazz pianist’s legendary Köln Concert. It’s now the subject of an award-winning film
Sonny Rollins, saxophone ‘colossus’ who honed his sound on a New York bridge, dies at 95
Jazz musician was regarded as one of the greatest of all time
Jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson: ‘I didn’t register it was actually Louis Armstrong showing me how to play’
Bray Jazz Festival 2026: Maestro on being a doctor, an ice-skater and a musician whose latest project marks the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis
Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert: An epic journey into the unknown
The pianists Maki Namekawa and Thomas Enhco are re-creating the jazz star’s fabled improvisation at the National Concert Hall in Dublin
Irish-UK biopic of jazz pianist Bill Evans wins prestigious award at Berlin Film Festival
Director Grant Lee takes Silver Bear for movie featuring Newry actor Valene Kane, with screenplay by Mark O’Halloran
Track Star: The music gameshow threatening to take over social media
YouTube series from US brings out the music lover in celebrities and civilians alike
Obituary: Sly Stone, funk-rock star who changed the direction of African-American music
Icon of black power and arguably the most influential talent in popular music
Roberta Flack, soul icon famous for Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
Artist also known for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson had suffered a stroke in 2016
Maureen Dowd: Working from home has sounded the death knell of the bustling newsroom
Mythologised mayhem and eccentricity of newspaper offices have been killed by journalists preferring to work from home
Wayne Shorter, enigmatic saxophonist who shaped modern jazz, dies at 89
The composer and performer was recognised as an innovator during an era of change in jazz
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