Soon, she began frequenting jazz clubs, where she had a deep and inquisitive respect for the art of bebop ... With the arrival Thelonious Sphere Monk, modern music— let alone modern culture—simply ...

Saxophonist Jackie McLean ’s evocative 1965 album Jacknife is the latest entry in Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet series.

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Even as he travels around the world to perform and collaborate, including a four-program residency that begins June 5 at ...

Abiola Oke is a global media strategist and the managing director of ADISA, a global advisory firm focused on entertainment, ...

Donald Byrd’s 1974’s jazz-funk fusion classic ‘Stepping Into Tomorrow’ returns on vinyl on July 18 through Blue Note’s ...

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Everybody’s outside and enjoying the start of summer, and this first week of June is really getting things off to a perfect ...

Across five decades and countless stages, Robert Earl Price spoke with a quiet force that could shake a room. He blended jazz, blues, history and Black consciousness into a body of work that defied ...