Dec 29, 2017 10:08 AM
Badu Curates Fela Kuti Box Set
The ease with which singer Erykah Badu inhabits Fela Kuti’s work is shocking—and inspiring.
Recently, she appeared…
Erykah Badu performs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, backed by The Roots.
Dec 29, 2017 10:08 AM
The ease with which singer Erykah Badu inhabits Fela Kuti’s work is shocking—and inspiring.
Recently, she appeared…
Children at the Mthunzi Orphan Center in Lusaka, Zambia, performed vocals on a track that features Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and Dave Douglas.
Dec 27, 2017 4:42 PM
Best known for his fluid electric guitar lines, Kurt Rosenwinkel is also the driving force behind Heartcore Records, an…
Wadada Leo Smith
Dec 22, 2017 4:45 PM
The CREATE festival made its West Coast debut in San Francisco’s Mission District on Dec. 15.
The inaugural CREATE…
Drummer Eric Harland leads Voyager and plays in a handful of other ensembles.
Dec 21, 2017 1:54 PM
It’s been said that clothes make the man. In the case of in-demand drummer and bandleader Eric Harland, sartorial…
Kevin Mahogany (1958–2017)
Dec 19, 2017 2:22 PM
Kevin Mahogany, a jazz vocalist known for his resonant baritone and stylistic diversity, died Dec. 18 in Kansas City,…
Louis Prima (left) and Keely Smith
Dec 18, 2017 4:21 PM
Keely Smith, a vocalist who recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s alongside Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra, died of…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks at a Dec. 13 press conference in Washington, D.C. Looking on are, from left, Herbert Scott, Executive Director, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation; and Aaron Myers, Chair, Board of Directors–Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation.
Dec 15, 2017 6:53 PM
Michigan U.S. Representative John Conyers’ controversy-mired resignation in December had major implications for the…
Rodríguez’s new studio album, Little Dream, will be released on Feb. 23.
Dec 14, 2017 6:05 PM
Mack Avenue will release pianist Alfredo Rodríguez’s new studio album, Little Dream, on Feb. 23.
Over the past…
Bettye LaVette’s new album, Things Have Changed, contains interpretations of 12 Bob Dylan tunes.
Dec 13, 2017 8:33 PM
On March 30, Verve Records will release soul singer Bettye LaVette’s new album, Things Have Changed, which is a…
Drummer Moses Boyd (left), saxophonist Nubya Garcia and tuba player Theon Cross contributed to the forthcoming album We Out Here, on Brownswood Recordings.
Dec 12, 2017 9:13 PM
Soon after Jazz Re:Freshed’s fifth annual Jazz Re:Fest concluded in August at London’s Royal Festival Hall…
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