Jazz music is blossoming in Berkeley this summer. New nightspots and festivals such as Anna’s Jazz Island and the Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival (August 18-21) are enriching a thriving straight-ahead ...
Kendrick Lamar’s much-praised 2012 major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a shotgun ride through the gang-, gun-, and drug-infested city of fallen angels alongside Denzel Washington’s ...
The weekend of smooth jazz will kick off on Thursday, April 15th at 7pm with the annual Smooth Jazz Dinner Cruise sponsored by ResortQuest. Sailing from the beautiful Baytowne Wharf Marina at ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The 45th Tri-C JazzFest got underway on Thursday night with a show by the acapella group Take 6, but Friday and Saturday is when Playhouse Square really comes alive with full ...
This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...
The idea of Skip Martin's first solo jazz project was pure and simple: “it was just time". With 26 album releases as lead vocalist with Dazz Band, Kool & the Gang and his own solo projects, Grammy ...
*When it comes to enduring musical legacies, it’s always inspiring when the melodic, grooving evergreen apples drop so close to the tree. The son and namesake of legendary singer, songwriter and ...