I saw Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers once. It was in the mid 1980s at a club in Upper Manhattan called Mikkel's. Blakey was then in his sixties, white-haired ...
Drummer Ralph Peterson brings his Art Blakey tribute to the Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor this weekend. He joins 89.1 WEMU's Michael Jewett for music.
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on ...
Veryl Oakland presents his debut work of nonfiction, “Jazz In Available Light” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 7, at The Avid Reader, 617 Second St. in downtown Davis ...
This week, "Art and Soul" is about the vibrant local performance arts scene. 89.1 WEMU's Lisa Barry and Wendy Wright talk with the executive director of the Ann ...
First came Basie, then “Bird,” and finally Kansas City, Kansas, native Bobby Watson made his debut in the jazz scene.
Eulis Cathey knows the Queen City well.Cathey, a Sirius XM radio host and Buffalo native, understands jazz's deep roots in the city's history.Now he wants to ...
The Keystone Korner was just beginning its third week of operation in Baltimore's Harbor East when the all-star jazz septet the Cookers took the stage on May 15 ...