May 3, 2022 12:38 PM
Ron Carter Reminisces on the Eve of 85th Gala
On May 10, the iconic bassist-composer Ron Carter will be fêted in an 85th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. With…
The funeral plans for Lionel Hampton, who died Saturday of complication from old age at the age of 94, have been set. There will be a public viewing on Friday, Sept. 6 from from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Riverside Church in New York, 120th St. and Riverside Drive.
The ceremony will be held at the church on Sept. 7 at 10 a.m.. Before the service, there will be a New Orleans second-line jazz group marching to the church in front of the casket from the Apollo Theater on 125th Street to Riverside. This starts at 9:30 a.m., and the public is invited to attend.
Bassist-composer Ron Carter turns 85 on May 4.
May 3, 2022 12:38 PM
On May 10, the iconic bassist-composer Ron Carter will be fêted in an 85th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. With…
“I have no concept of what I did before! That’s irrelevant,” Ibrahim said. “I can’t change anything. I can’t change the past, I can’t change the future, I can only deal with what is now.”
May 9, 2022 2:52 PM
It is 2022. The pandemic lingers, yet life is moving forward in unexpected ways.
The necessary move to video…
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that included a live performance from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Chucho Valdés.
May 24, 2022 10:25 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that…
Meghan Stabile was the founder of Revive Music Group.
Jun 21, 2022 11:37 AM
Meghan Stabile, a promoter, presenter and producer, died on June 12 in Florida at age 39. The apparent cause was…
Bounce pioneers Mannie Fresh and Big Freedia and other guests join Galactic on “Act Like You Know.”
May 31, 2022 12:07 PM
Anyone who has spent time in New Orleans knows why it is also known as The City That Care Forgot. Between the music and…
