Raoul Jerome was honored by the University of Southern Mississippi for founding its Jazz Studies Program. Jerome built the university's jazz program from scratch, a process compared to launching a ...

PITTSFIELD — Cacophony ruled in the library of Pittsfield High School on Tuesday evening. Six drummers, rotating on three drum sets trading fours, while an equal number of keyboardists practiced ...

DETROIT — Lauri Markkanen remembers staring at the athletic kid from Ukraine on the other side of the court. It was during warmups of a 2015 FIBA U18 EuroBasket between Finland and Ukraine, and the ...

SACRAMENTO — A bad memory came back to Lauri Markkanen on Friday. On Dec. 30, 2022, in Sacramento, Markkanen had what would have been a game-sealing rebound slip through his hands. Moments later, the ...

Ah, the 80s, when a band with a quizzical name could emerge from absolutely nowhere with a captivating single that captured the world. And, just as often, such a band would retreat to anonymity. That ...

Katrina Ellsworth and Brad Goertz in Dancing Lessons, a Lionwoman Productions offering on stage at the MATCH. Credit: Photo by Tina Berry Mark St. Germain’s Dancing Lessons, now playing at Match via ...

Life has a way of teaching you lessons, often the hard way. These experiences can be tough to navigate but rewarding in hindsight. While advice from others can guide you, some truths only become clear ...

I’M JENNIFER BAILEYS, OUR FRIENDS WITH DESTINATION SMOOTH JAZZ ARE HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT. FIRST, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS AMAZING EVENT. I’M MARK BURTON, EXECUTIVE ...

CAIRO, Ill. (KFVS) - The 6th annual Smooth Jazz Festival returns to Cairo at the end of August. Presented by the Harold S. Jones Fine Arts Center, the free community event starts at noon on August 31.

The only thing better than regular chocolate mousse is this 3-ingredient chocolate mousse, which requires no eggs and has no tricky steps. Consisting of heavy cream, dark chocolate, and confectioners' ...

Chuck Mangione, the fedora-sporting flugelhorn and trumpet player whose 1977 smooth jazz hit “Feels So Good” left an indelible mark on American pop culture, has died. In a statement reported by ...

In his signature fedora, he gained wide popularity and 14 Grammy nominations, winning the award twice, while scaling Billboard’s charts in the 1970s and ’80s. By Barry Singer Chuck Mangione, whose ...