Percussion prodigy and washboard wizard Jimmy Bertrand worked with Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey and mentored future star ...

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Between 1997 and 2008, her New York trio with bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Jim Black released ... the avant-folk-jazz group of her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura; in a quartet with some of ...

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The band Tarbaby has released five albums over the years, with this one being the first live session. The trio is Orrin Evans ...

The season brings many productions that will inspire audiences to look into their own internal processes, touching on topics ...

Young Americans, the album that broke Bowie in the US, turns 50 as Richard Purden explores its soul-tinged legacy with the ...

This week's events in New Orleans includes the Cigar Box Festival, Terence Blanchard performing with the Louisiana ...

For the dancing alone, it’s worth the price of admission – with some of the best moves in the game, Tinashe is hypnotic.