A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by ...

ONAH's powerful new soundtrack of survival and resilience is available on major streaming platforms After five years of hea ...

Casablanca will emulate the music-filled streets of New Orleans this weekend for CasaNola, a dreamy and soulful jazz festival ...

Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival on June 28 at Maison symphonique, ...

Rhiannon Giddens is the the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer who played banjo and viola on Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” ...

Given the trumpeter’s track record — with scores for dozens of film and television productions, groundbreaking operas, and a ...

On June 14, master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke pays homage to his longtime friend and bandleader pianist NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston, at Sista’s Place ( 456 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn). Two ...

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has been posthumously inducted into the 2025 Grammy Hall of Fame for his politically ...

Protest music is on the rise as it should be. We Insist! Max Roach’s "Freedom Now Suite" (1960), an important collaboration ...

Ray Blue, the tenor saxophonist, whose big bold sound touched the sky reaching any listeners’ heart, died on May 21. He was 75.

Eric Scott Reed discusses his new album Out Late, sharing deep insights on jazz authenticity, spiritual growth and artistic truth in revealing interview.

The musician played a leading role in introducing funk, an Afrocentric style of music driven by grooves and syncopated ...