Delving into the many faces and phases of Chet Baker's jazz journey means absorbing and embracing every side of his story. To many, he was the dreamy young sex symbol whose classically chiseled feature …

Now that it's safe to say, "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" again, we thought we'd re-examine the Dirty South's freakiest, funkiest act this side of Goodie Mob. Speaking of Cee-Lo's pre-Gnarls Barkle …

Between Big Boi's ghetto-fab getups and Andre 3000's blinding collection of pastels and plaids, OutKast look like the unlikeliest power couple in the history of hip-hop. They sound like it on their bes …

Raised in her father's Detroit church, where she sang in the Sunday choir, Aretha Franklin came to music of the soul honestly and early. She made her first gospel recording at age 14, but by her mid-tw …

Listen to "You'll Lose a Good Thing" from Aretha Franklin's early days at Columbia. The voice is brilliant, the genius for remaking covers in her own image already firmly in place. Then check out "Save …

Cab Calloway was the living, breathing, swinging essence of everything the Harlem Renaissance represented. A jazzman who embraced the role of entertainer, he was the coolest, classiest cat ever to prow …

From his hepcat scat to his super-slick threads, Cab Calloway was the unchallenged king of cool, and he had the tracks to back it up. On "Jiveformation, Please," he's a professor of hip, holding a mast …

Coming straight outta Memphis in the late '90s, Saliva had major labels nipping at their heels the second they made it to the final round of 1997's GRAMMYr Showcase competition. While the band's big-le …

So, it's a proven fact that Saliva can write adrenaline-addled anthems in their sleep, whether it's of the hard rock ("Superstar 2," "Pride") or rap-metal (the Korn leanings of "Crazy," the churning, s …