The NEA Jazz Master tenor saxophonist George Coleman is known for his memorable opening solo on Herbie Hancock’s title tune “ Maiden Voyage ” (Blue Note 1965). That hardy muscular sound was his entré ...

If you live in Central New York and love music to the core of your soul, there’s no better place to be than the Syracuse Area ...

If you walked into any of the funky old blues joints of Oakland — Mile Hi Club, Esther’s Orbit Room, the Continental Club — throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, you were likely to run into Lee ...

It wasn’t all satirical mocks. This six-minute response to the 1965 Watts Riots found Zappa the social commentator at his ...

In addition to 11 recording dates as a leader, his work on more than 80 recordings as a featured sideman reflects his status as one of the most coveted saxophonists on the jazz scene today. Two of his ...

Carlos Santana breaks down new album 'Sentient,' which revisits Michael Jackson and Miles Davis songs, and says a farewell tour will never happen.

The establishment blends the intimacy of a classic jazz bar with the energy of the city’s dynamic cultural scene ...

The '80s female vocalists on this list continue to impact music today with their legacy of hard work and incredible performances. The most popular music in the 1980s included pop, punk, rock, R&B ...

The group became mainstays of the new jack swing movement, blending R&B, jazz and traces of gospel melodies. The Oakland, California, natives burst onto the music scene with their 1988 debut album ...

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist, composer and producer known for hit songs like "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," has died at 84, according to his family.

Known for their melodic, adventurous fusion of jazz with R&B, Latin, and world music, Spyro Gyra first came together in ...

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