John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

Happy Birthday, Coleman Hawkins!

At some point during the next 24 hours, every saxophone player on earth ought to get down on his or her knees and thank God for bringing Coleman Hawkins into the world. He was a true revolutionary -- "The Man Who Invented The Saxophone," as Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) put... Read more →

William P. Gottlieb is (a) God

William P. Gottlieb is God. Ok. That's a little over the top. How about this... William P. Gottlieb is a god to anyone who's serious about jazz and photography. Ask jazz photographers and they'll tell you: He's the granddaddy of us all. Just today the Library of Congress announced that... Read more →