One nice spring day in May 2024, trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and his band—a distinctive lineup of pianist Sam Harris, drummer Justin Brown, keyboard player Chiquitamagic, rapper-vocalist ...

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with concerts and lion dances, enjoy a discounted meal during Winter Restaurant Week, or immerse yourself in a game festival.

The most legendary jazz-funk band of all time is coming to Ann Arbor. The Headhunters, co-led by percussionist Bill Summers ...

Ahmed Abdullah has written a fascinating autobiography, “A Strange Celestial Road: My Times in the Sun Ra Arkestra." ...

When Mitchell Crothers auditioned for the South Dakota Middle School All-State Jazz Band last year, there was a lot to take in. But he was confident in his abilities, and he soon passed the test and ...

Turner and Palmer have been working together off and on since the trumpeter’s 2011 album Here Today and steadily since 2018. And Katz, through his Giant Step Arts label/production company, has ...

Hudson's keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night ...

Other subgenres include blues, boogie-woogie, swing, Afro-Cuban jazz as well as Cape jazz, with the name being a reference to Cape Town and which is performed in the very southern ...

On Jan. 24, 1938, Julius Hemphill was born in Fort Worth. An alto and soprano saxophonist, flutist, vocalist, composer and ...

The five-time Grammy winner teamed up with the Baha Mar in the Bahamas for his very first jazz club, which opened on Friday.

Encompassing decades of Caribbean music styles, jazz and classic tunes from the Great American Songbook, Jamaican American ...

The Life & Music Of Eric Dolphy article by Lawrence Peryer, published on January 18, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Radio & Podcasts articles ...