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“I was interested in being on stage with people who are not only comfortable with not knowing what’s...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBill Bruford. By the time he retired, Bill Bruford’s prog CV boasted Yes, King Crimson and Genesis,...
One of Music’s Biggest Stars Just Returned With … a Flute Album. He Joins a Long Tradition.
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFor at least four years now, former OutKast rapper André 3000 has been spotted in airport terminals...
Pharoah Sanders, Legendary Jazz Musician, Dead at 81
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeter Van Breukelen/Redferns Pharoah Sanders has died. He was 81. Sanders' record label, Luaka Bop, shared the news in a tweet Saturday morning. "We are...
Dave McMurray finds the sweet spot between Grateful Dead, jazz and Detroit sax soul
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWhen Dave McMurray was making his name on the avant-garde underground of Detroit’s jazz scene...
Hiroshima, a band that helped define Asian American identity, will take a hiatus
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDan Kuramoto, leader of the iconic Asian American jazz band Hiroshima. As part of its "Domo," or...
Les McCann, Lexington native, jazz great, sampled by hundreds of hip-hop artists, dies
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe road from Kentucky to Switzerland is as long as it is unlikely. We’re speaking of two countries...
Maggie Pelleyá went on the radio, and it changed Miami. Fans are mourning WDNA manager
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMaggie Pelleyá’s more than 40 years guiding Miami community radio station WDNA couldn’t have had a...
All that jazz: Akron musicians seek to reinvigorate genre at University of Akron
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a city steeped in jazz history, local jazz artists Theron Brown and Chris Coles have been hired as full-time professors to revamp UA's jazz program.
How Arab Funk Is Going Global
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCredit - Poster: Raphaelle Macaron/Courtesy Habibi Funk; Saif Abu Bakr: Jannis Stürtz; Ahmed Malek, Sharhabil Ahmed, Fadoul: Courtesy Habibi Funk; Charif...
Ramsey Lewis, legendary pianist and composer, dead at 87
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRamsey Lewis, the accomplished pianist and composer, has died at age 87. The three-time Grammy...