Folk-rocker Richie Havens, who died Monday of a heart attack, will be remembered for many things, among them a smooth singing voice, standing six-and-a-half-feet tall, and singing at President Bill…
Donald Byrd, an exceptional jazz trumpeter associated with the “hard bop” school of jazz exemplified by the Blue Note record label during the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, died…
Three dishevelled young men slip into building. Mother and daughter enter flat. Men sneak along passage. Mother enters kitchen. Men trick daughter into opening door. Daughter screams. Men take money,…
New York City – The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College and TeatroStageFest partner to present the Argentine Jazz sextet Escalandrum in an historic tribute concert to the great…
Pete Cosey, a jazz guitarist who was best known for his work in Miles Davis’ electric band in the 1970s has died aged 68. His daughter said he died at…
A rare recording of one of the last live performances by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong has been made public. The star played at the National Press Club in Washington DC,…
By Randy Lewis The Los Angeles run of “Fela!” — the hit Broadway musical celebrating the life and music of Afropop star Fela Kuti — wraps up on Sunday after…
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