Why Kelela’s Breathtaking New Jazz Album Felt Like a Full-Circle Moment
The genre-bending electronic musician talks turning her Blue Note residency into a live album—and why it ended up being a ...
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Two days of smooth jazz and R&B ahead on Montgomery's riverfront
After a six-month wait, the Montgomery Smooth Jazz Festival is ready for a spring show at Riverwalk Amphitheater this weekend.
Amsterdam News3 天
Jazz Notes: Roy Ayers, ‘The Soul Of Jazz,’ dies at 84
Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer, and record producer whose groove instinctively pushed jazz to its soulful outer limits ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet had to jell all over again before tackling this project
In the mid-1970s Keith Jarrett wasn’t just a popular jazz pianist. He was a genuine phenomenon so astoundingly productive ...
D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64
D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your Head on My) ...
Amsterdam News4 天
Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84
NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled by such R&B and ...