Tribute concerts can feel like burial ceremonies for the living. But at a live 2011 homage to vibraphonist and icon Roy Ayers by hip-hop-loving jazz pianist Robert Glasper and smooth-sampling rap ...
From watching his father perform with jazz luminaries as a child to producing for hip-hop royalty, Karriem Riggins has spent his life at the intersection of musical worlds. The Detroit native, who ...
Jazz thrives in cities with history: New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago. These cities are also places where you’d expect a new festival to pop up and have success, taking full advantage of a ...
When Walter Ramsey was only a child, he saw the Rebirth Brass Band, a terrific New Orleans group that's practically a Big Easy institution, perform at his middle school. Right then and there, Ramsey, ...
If you’re looking for homegrown musical success stories of 2012, you could do a lot worse than Robert Glasper. True, technically he lives in New York, where he became such an in-demand session player ...
No jazz artist has received more column inches in the press over the past six months than Kamasi Washington. The L.A. tenor saxophonist released his debut album, The Epic, in May as a 172-minute, ...
Talented. Handsome. And a symphony soloist. At age 10. Talk about having to live up to your early promise. “It was surreal,” Jeff “Maestro” Hughes said recently while recalling his solo violin ...
Don't see this video? Click here. In our new series on the art of sampling, hip-hop producers demonstrate how they find inspiration in classics, hidden gems, found sounds and other raw musical ...
Collaborators include Endea Owens, Black Thought, and Cory Henry, to name a few. Juicy J describes the project as his “true art and emotions,” reflecting a personal creative shift. Juicy J is inviting ...
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