Blue Note Jazz Festival, the ultimate gathering of music icons, took to Napa to celebrate hip hop's 50th anniversary. Hosted by Robert Glasper and Dave Chappelle, the event was full of legends, headlined by GOATs Mary J. Blige, Nas, and Chance the Rapper.
In his new book "Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld," T.J. English examines how racial politics and some of the 20th century's greatest criminals were essential to the evolution of American Jazz.
Fransisco Haye, who goes by the pseudonymCisco Swank [https://www.instagram.com/cisco.swank/?hl=...
In light of the recent Black Lives Matter movement, the owner of the Washington Redskins,...
Decades ago, the Berklee College of Music in Boston [https://www.berklee.edu/] was commonly known as “the Jazz School” or some other iteration of a Jazz Institute. More recently, it has been a haven for serious students of all styles – Pop, Rock, Fusion, Funk, Hip Hop and every imaginable kind of Latin Music inflection....
"When I make music, I make the music that sounds good to me."
"As cliché as it sounds, it was the first day of the rest of my life.”
Harlem continues to generate on global culture.
Playing trumpet since he was 8, Alpert went on to have 14 Top 40 singles with his band The Tijuana Brass
Check out this interview with Lady Gaga's frequent collaborator Brian Newman, one of the last of the old-school New York City jazz men.
John Lurie is known for music, movies, and unique art. Each of his paintings are christened with peculiar titles that no one but John Lurie could have come up with think up.
