His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery ... The greater part covers the Grammy winner's 40-year professional life, and his explorations of both Latin and jazz music. His personal ...

While walking along Chicago Avenue on the first Thursday of the month, you just might hear a crooning saxophone solo wafting ...

Cool Cool Cool will express themselves with a tribute to the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna, during a 'Fest by Nite' show in New Orleans.

take a listen to the Best of Smooth Jazz playlist on Apple Music and Spotify. Given how inherently smooth it is, it’s strange that it should provoke such extreme reactions, but the truth is that ...

mDecks Music, a leader in innovative music education resources, has released a groundbreaking new book series dedicated to mastering jazz standards. This comprehensive collection provides musicians ...

YOU KNOW, AND NEW ORLEANS HAS HAD A TON OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC WORLD. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY AND NOT HEAR SOME JAZZ. SO WE WENT OUT TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.

A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's struggle to decide the fate of an ancestral heirloom Gregory Wakeman A ...

To many, composed music and improvised music seem to be opposites, but in jazz, they merge in a unique fashion. It has been said that the best improvised music sounds composed, and that the best ...

"My name is Gregory Veals, they call me 'Mu mu,'" Veals, a musician, said in New Orleans. Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, jazz performers graced Bourbon Street with their music. The way people looked and ...

The partnership has helped revive the show over the past five years, but how long it will last remains to be seen.

February 5, 2025 • Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different maverick of Black music history.

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