On Friday, Nov. 12, Mesa College’s music department hosted an absolute wonder of a performance during Recital Hour. Presented ...
David Sanborn, beloved jazz saxophonist who is credited on songs for Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and many more, died on Sunday (May 12). He was 78 years old. A message posted to the musician’s social ...
It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian musicians ...
The post Wayne Shorter, Legendary Jazz Saxophonist, Dead at 89 appeared first on Consequence. Wayne Shorter, the skilled and innovative jazz saxophonist who was a member of Miles Davis’ Second Great ...
Two guitarists, one bassist, one drummer, a cellist, a violinist, a saxophonist and two singers — that's nine incredibly talented musicians — make up the all-female band, Burst into Dames. This ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. When contemporary jazz great Terence Blanchard, his E-Collective band, and the Turtle Island Quartet take the ...
"I miss being around him and his special Wayne-isms but I carry his spirit within my heart always," Herbie Hancock said in a statement of Shorter Wayne Shorter, an award-winning saxophonist, composer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in modern music embody the spirit of innovation quite like Herbie Hancock. From his formative years with Miles Davis to his own trailblazing solo career, Hancock has ...
Gospel, funk and soul are all key elements that contribute to the gumbo that is Atlanta rap. It’s what makes the city home to innovative rap subgenres like crunk, snap and, of course, trap music — the ...
In this episode of Backstage Sonoma, host Steven Roby sits down with the core members of The Smooth Jazz Alley—keyboardist and producer Marco Montoya, drummer and producer Kevin Lewis, and saxophonist ...
At some point, it hits you: Geordie Greep is pulling your leg. Maybe it happens when the British singer-songwriter takes on the persona of a crass pickup artist on “Holy, Holy.” Or when two mice ...