Jazz music has a rich history filled with talented performers, but many outstanding black female singers often don’t get the recognition they deserve. These women have shaped the genre with ...

Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria Some record labels create huge market and financial clout. Some stay much smaller, but punch way above their weight ...

Multi-instrumentalist Skizzo Franick refuses to follow fads and trends. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Nightmares ...

Jazz has a rich history, and modern black male jazz singers continue pushing the genre forward. This list highlights 30 talented artists shaping jazz’s future with their unique voices ...

This year's unmissable jazz releases came in two flavors: breakthrough releases by driven young newcomers, and a heap of ...

Vally gave a voice to the new Black jazz of the 1970s on a shoestring, at first just from a corner shelf in his father's store. He sustained his project of identifying and releasing new jazz ...

two elements can be found within almost any jazz performance or recording — improvisation and collaboration. Both are at the core of Black Art Jazz Collective, one of the leading voices in ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

It's the second game of the NBA Cup for the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, as this team will be looking to rebound to a 1-1 record in the group stage of the tourney and avoid another three-game ...

In addition to performing, she writes songs--jazz songs, new standards--with lyrics that are engagingly ... Trumpeter Kevin Woods had been performing with his compatriots—pianist Miles Black, ...

Everyone knows how jazz, intertwined with the deeper sound of blues, emerged as the indomitable musical voice of black America, eventually rising to become an art form with a global reach.

All cocktails are named after jazz greats or notable Black culture icons like the rum-infused Trouble Man (from the 1972 Blaxploitation film) or the vodka-based John Coltrane cocktail called A ...