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

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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 ...

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

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

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Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you.

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