Jazz Drummer Louis Bellson Dies at 84
Jazz drummer Louis Bellson, who appeared on more than 200 albums over 60 years, including those by ... Read More »
Buena Vista Social Club Bassist Dies at 76
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, the bassist for the internationally-renowned Buena Vista Social Club, died ... Read More »
Influential Saxophonist Hank Crawford Dies at 74
Hank Crawford, a member of a distinguished-but-dwindling group of Ray Charles saxophonists, who went ... Read More »
British Singer-Songwriter John Martyn Dies at 60
John Martyn, a mainstay of the British folk boom of the late '60s and early '70s, has died in ... Read More »
Cheech and Chong Express Love for Smokin' Hot Jazz
In the more than 30 years since they started in standup comedy, Cheech and Chong have played with ... Read More »
Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard Dies
Accomplished jazz musician Freddie Hubbard died Monday at California's Sherman Oaks Hospital. The ... Read More »
Hippie Hero and Jazz Great Merl Saunders Passes Away
Hippie-jazz icon and legendary keyboardist Merl Saunders passed away at San Francisco's Kaiser ... Read More »
Clarinetist Jams With Whales
It's one of the great existential questions, posed by that great existentialist Karen Carpenter: Why ... Read More »
Herbie Hancock Upsets Winehouse, West, Wins Album of the Year
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock left folks slack-jawed as he accepted the Grammy award for Album of the ... Read More »
Jazz Drummer Steve Reid's Spontaneous Return to Africa
When Steve Reid first went to Senegal in 1966 -- by container ship in a journey meant as a reverse ... Read More »
Oscar Peterson, Jazz Piano Titan, Dies at 82
Oscar Peterson, the Canadian jazz pianist whose unmatched virtuosity placed him among the greatest ... Read More »
Legendary Jazz Producer Joel Dorn Dies at 65
Grammy-award winning jazz producer Joel Dorn died of a heart attack on Monday in New York at age 65. ... Read More »
Herbie Hancock Honors Joni Mitchell and His Own Creativity
Herbie Hancock is not merely one of the undisputed giants of jazz, he has also contributed to the ... Read More »
Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman Collapses at Bonnaroo
Jazz legend Ornette Coleman suffered a medical emergency during his performance on the last night of ... Read More »
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Kicks Off Black Music Month
Though there are literally hundreds of African-American performing artists who could represent the ... Read More »
New Orleans' Musical Ancestors Are Spotlighted at Jazz Fest
With an emphasis on the heritage side of the equation, the first weekend of the 2007 New Orleans ... Read More »
