May 13, 2020 8:52 AM
Sylvain Leroux Opens New Horizons To Music Literacy
In a cinderblock schoolhouse with a corrugated tin roof in Conakry, Guinea, reeds specialist Sylvain Leroux is opening…
Sylvain Leroux helms L’Ecole Fula Flute, an alternative school in Guinea that aims to teach students from ages 6 to 20 academic fundamentals, as well as music.
May 13, 2020 8:52 AM
In a cinderblock schoolhouse with a corrugated tin roof in Conakry, Guinea, reeds specialist Sylvain Leroux is opening…
Pianist Ramsey Lewis sets five streaming dates ahead of his 85th birthday.
May 12, 2020 9:52 AM
Chicago-bred pianist Ramsey Lewis, who recently took to streaming in order to help raise funds for MusiCares COVID-19…
Giacomo Bruzzo’s RareNoise label has built a catalog filled with adventurous releases.
May 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Before he was a label owner, Giacomo Bruzzo was a frustrated finance bro. Born in Italy, he moved to the U.K. in 1991,…
Vocalist Luciana Souza is among the first members of the Jazz Coalition, a new granting organization.
May 11, 2020 10:10 AM
In an effort to assist musicians currently caught in a dire straits and to foster new creative endeavors, a recently…
Ben Williams’ I Am A Man has been issued through Rainbow Blonde, a new label founded by vocalists José James and Taali and engineer Brian Bender.
May 11, 2020 8:49 AM
Ben Williams was completely mesmerized by 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about mass incarceration and…
On Monday, pianist Anthony Davis won a Pulitzer Prize for his opera, The Central Park Five.
May 8, 2020 2:07 PM
Anthony Davis, a frequent Wadada Leo Smith collaborator, on Monday was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the musical…
Vocalist Angélique Kidjo is among the performers to contribute to Jazz Foundation of America’s #TheNewGig fundraiser.
May 8, 2020 1:40 PM
On May 14, Jazz Foundation of America is set to host #TheNewGig fundraiser to benefit the organization’s Covid-19…
Robert Cray recorded his latest album, That’s What I Heard, at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood.
May 8, 2020 9:00 AM
When it comes to the long, storied career of Robert Cray, time and musical fashion have been slippery slopes of the…
Pianist Keith Jarrett turns 75 on May 8.
May 8, 2020 8:53 AM
Transcendent music is timeless. That’s the thought that comes to mind as fans around the globe mark Keith…
Pianist Christian Sands is set to release Be Water on July 17.
May 7, 2020 3:16 PM
Despite Christian Sands’ clear affinity for Erroll Garner, the pianist’s upcoming release, Be Water, depicts an…
Page 146 of 465 pages ‹ First < 144 145 146 147 148 > Last ›
