Retiring after 52 years is “bittersweet” for Average White Band co-founder Alan Gorrie. But he is adamant that the ...

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...

We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 ... at Manhattan’s Birdland jazz club. The ...

Roy Haynes, the powerful and prolific jazz drummer whose career stretched from the swing era of the 1940s to the fusion era ...

Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died ...

Roy Haynes, the prolific and proficient jazz drummer who recorded alongside Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, and ...

Legendary music producer Quincy Jones dies at 91 READ MORE: Iconic saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dead at 95 Veteran ...

“An old-time drummer who tries to play with feeling.” This is how Roy Haynes preferred to describe himself, though his legacy ...

Benjamin Barson, assistant professor of music at Bucknell University, held a presentation Friday Nov. 8, in Wood Hall on his new book “Brassroots Democracy.” ...

Between 1962 and 1999, the building at 1501 Fifth Ave. was home to the Aurora Club, a popular jazz club and Hill District ...

The benefit concert was at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham whose pastor grew up in Black Mountain, a town hit hard ...

A versatile and talented singer, Deborah Swiney performs in a variety of genres, from the Harlem Renaissance to Latin jazz, ...