Allen Toussaint, a renowned pianist, composer and singer, is now on the USPS' latest stamps as a part of their Black Heritage series.

Merging jazz, funk and spoken word with sharp social critique, it felt less like a traditional record and more like a movement, compelling rap and mainstream audiences alike to confront themes of ...

The Hammer Museum at UCLA presents the first museum exhibition inspired by Alice Coltrane’s life and legacy, “Alice Coltrane, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The spring lineup for the Emmy-winning documentary showcase Independent Lens is looking funky, by design. WE WANT ...

Roland Kirk’s 1967 album 'Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith' was his only recording for Verve Records.

A native of Los Angeles, Childs grew up immersed in jazz, classical, and popular music influences. A prodigious talent at the piano earned him public performances by age six ... Childs' paints ...

She began studying music at a very young age and spent her early years training in theater ... Judy Wexler's release No Wonder is a portrait in vocal jazz artistry, underscored by thoughtful ...

With love stories come love tropes—themes that give us expectations of how two characters (or sometimes more) will execute ...

The idea for the current exhibition at the Shepherd came to artistic director Allison Glenn almost a year ago. “I was walking ...

Freestyle Digital Media has just released the music documentary BONNIE BLUE: JAMES COTTON'S LIFE IN THE BLUES, now available to rent/own on all No ...

Addictive sprawling hip hop, specially crafted bird-imitating instruments, and bagpipe hyperpop are the order of the day in David McKenna's latest French dispatch ...