Tag: jazz

As a co-founder of the legendary Rebirth Brass Band and as a renowned solo artist, much ink has been spilled on the work of the New Orleans-based trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins – and for […]

Gil Scott-Heron is best known for his work in the 70s and 80s as a spoken word artists, whose work was a fusion of jazz, blues, soul with lyrical content, which focused on the sociopolitical […]

Skerik  (saxophone), John Medeski (keyboards) and Adam Deitch (drums) have all been vital and important figures in contemporary, experimental jazz. Skerik, who’s been a member of renowned acts such as Garage A Trois, Critters Buggin, […]

Ibeyi (pronounced ee-bey-ee) take their name from the Yoruba word for twins — ibeji and are comprised of 19 year French-Cuban twin sisters, Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. The Diaz sisters are the daughters of the late and renowned Cuban […]

Although it’s early October, and many of us have just started getting our fall wardrobes out. Christmas is practically around the corner. Yes, the year has just flown by – and this has been the […]

Much ink has been spilled throughout the lengthy and prolific career of author, musician and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, especially for his role as the forefather of Blaxploitation with his landmark film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and […]

Towards the end of my father’s very short life, our relationship had deteriorated to the point that we really didn’t have much of a relationship beyond the accident of biology. But there were a few […]

Although they’ve had several different lineups over the course of their over 20 years of existence, the Tulsa, OK-based jazz act Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have been remarkably consistent, developing and firmly cementing a reputation […]