Throughout its history jazz has been in fashion and out of it – but it’s never gone away. Jazz is at its heart Black American ...

Records, the Detroit Jazz Festival–Alice Coltrane was born in Detroit–the Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society, and many more institutions including the Hammer.

Jazz bassist Donald Rafael Garrett helped birth the AACM and appeared on some of Coltrane’s wildest albums, but he’s barely ...

"I knew when I went in there, I was not only going to get a record, but I felt a sense of belonging," said Sean Gaillard, a ...

Bob Thiele had already spent three decades in the music business recording legendary jazz and pop artists when he started a ...

Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Haynes was a drummer who liked to prod his fellow players. Over the course of his career, he played with Miles Davis, Charlie ...

Milan Records has announced the March 19 release of ASH (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) by FLYING LOTUS and shares the ...

Keeping the lights on and the transmission running is no easy feat for public radio stations. They’re run primarily by ...

Most of the festivals I’ve played have been rock or hard rock, so getting to perform at a country festival is exceptional," ...

At one time the shelf that held all the Sinatra albums was 70 feet wide,” said Doug Allen, owner of Bananas Records, ...