“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: Institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the ...

This week Rhythm Planet digs up some classic reefer, tea, and viper songs... i.e. songs about marijuana in the jazz underground 1920s & 1930s.

New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins put it succinctly during a 2011 interview with cannabis magazine High Times: “I need two things to have a perfect show: reefer and people.” Ruffins’ ...