In Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Roy Ayers uses six of the seven notes in F# Dorian mode as roots for fourths chords: F-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E. Three of the resulting minor 11th chords ...

Multiple Grammy winner Christian McBride is one of the leading bassists of the current generation of jazz players, and is revered for his strong, highly swinging technique. On March 18, the acclaimed ...

Singer-songwriter and composer Laura Mvula meets jazz musicians Jason Yarde and Laura Jurd, and music broadcaster journalist Kevin Le Gendre, to discuss her musical inspiration, the visionary American ...

Making his recording debut with McLean on Blue Note Records in 1964, Charles has since recorded and/or performed with such renowned artists as Roy Haynes, Hank Mobley, Willie Bobo, Horace Silver, ...

AL Like Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton ... performing with Miles Davis, pianist McCoy Tyner and the French National Orchestra. "One thing I learned from Miles Davis," Scofield said in '84 ...

A few weeks ago, Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences head coach Zach Dragoo had a conversation with his Patriot team about defining a successful season. "We made the decision in that ...

Roy Ayers, the jazz and R&B musician known as the "godfather of neo-soul" music, has died following a "long illness." He was 84. The news was shared Wednesday night to Ayers' social media accounts ...

Roy Ayers, the “King of Neo Soul” who was born and raised on Vernon Avenue just south of downtown Los Angeles and saw more than 60 of his songs sampled by a who’s who of hip-hop and soul ...