Vendor Frederic John shares fond memories of listening to jazz music in old clubs across the U.S., including Blues Alley.

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on ...

Beautifully restored banjos and 18th-century violins line the walls of Amazing Grace, a San Anselmo music store that has faced more threats than Luke Skywalker in “The Empire Strikes Back.” In fact, ...