What started as a group of students who met in the Pittsburg State University Jazz Band quickly evolved into a popular local ...

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

The world of jazz drumming has been shaped by countless rhythmic architects since the genre’s birth. Among them is Jack DeJohnette, a mainstay in ’70s jazz fusion, who died last week at the age of 83.

Primarily through direct sampling, hip-hop music provides a blatant tapestry of historical information that the listener can ...

Lawrence instrumental funk-jazz outfit The Yards celebrate their upcoming release Crooked Road Sessions with an exclusive ...

Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

Stream new releases from Snocaps; Florence and the Machine; KeiyaA; Daniel Avery; Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo; Claire Rosay; Big L; Anna von Hausswolff; the Belair Lip Bombs; Shlohmo; and Ship Sket ...

Don Jazzy has revealed his Top 5 greatest Afrobeats albums of all time, and the internet is still digesting it.

Recorded in two sessions in 1956 and released the following year on Savoy, Hank Mobley’s Jazz Message #2 stands as one of ...

The 1970s were a revolution in sound, a decade when artists stopped following rules and started creating new ones. Studios ...

Jack DeJohnette, who has died aged 83, was one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz, working with the likes of Sonny ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Oct. 30 ...