Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the ...
He will also perform at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center on Tuesday, April 15 during the festival's preview event.
At 84, the drummer whose discography includes credits on more than 600 albums is releasing another by his long-running ...
The legendary jazzman’s compositions are instantly recognizable through decades of samples in hip-hop, R&B, and more.
Soon, he learned piano and sang in a church choir but didn’t acquire his first vibraphone until he was 17. As he studied music theory at Los Angeles City College, he played jazz in nightclubs.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum will host Grammy Award winner and author Ricky Riccardi, who will be signing his newest book, ...
JAZZ icon Roy Ayers has died at the age of 84 after a long illness. The legendary crooner was best known for the hit 1970s ...
Columbia's jazz scene is thriving, per those with ColaJazz, Chayz Lounge and SC Jazz Masterworks, but threats to venues could ...
Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest and most well respected hip hop artists of all time. His music has touched almost every corner of hip hop with the radio friendly DAMN., deeply experimental ...
From longtime rocker Adam Sherman finding his “Gratitude” to producer MO the Great inviting us for “Drinks of Hope” to Naomi Westwater's journey of "Cycle & Change," WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer ...
His “The Best of Roy Ayers” spend 50 weeks on the Contemporary Jazz Album chart. His music never went out of style, appearing in the 2019 “Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack.” His song ...