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| Jazz Music Great, Hugh Masekela, Dies Aged 78 A statement from the trumpeter's family said that Masekela "passed peacefully" in Johannesburg, where he lived and worked for much of his life. "A loving father, brother, grandfather and friend, our hearts beat with a profound loss. Hugh's global and activist contribution to and participation in the areas of ...
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| Hugh Masekela, South African Jazz Master And International Chart-Topper, Dies At 78 Masekela heard township bands and the music of the migrant laborers who would gather to dance and sing in the shebeen on weekends. One of his uncles shared 78s of jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. Those two forces, the music and the booze, did much to shape ...
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| Motéma Music Turns 15: Jazz, Soul, World Music & More On West 127th Street, inside the Harlem brownstone where she runs Motéma Music, label founder Jana Herzen, 58, sits in a high-ceilinged office with a stack of CDs in front of her. In recent years, an array of jazz, soul and world music artists have knocked on Herzen's door and auditioned for her.
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| Appalachian alum Grant Smith takes a bite of the Big Apple's jazz scene BOONE, N.C. — Grant Smith '16, an Appalachian State University alumnus and trombonist from Charlotte, is navigating the New York City jazz scene while pursuing a Master of Music in jazz performance at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM). Smith graduated from Appalachian's Hayes School of ...
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| From Morrison to Monk, a weekend of tantalizing music The Symphony Center Presents Jazz series kicks off the New Year with a powerhouse double-bill celebrating the music and legacy of Thelonious Monk. Though the world observed Monk's centennial last year, this intriguing program stands to put a fresh perspective on its subject. As its name suggests, ...
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| Almir Côrtes, Harvey Wainapel bring jazz, Brazilian music to The Palms 28, The Palms Playhouse will present an afternoon of jazz and Brazilian music featuring guitarist and mandolinist Almir Côrtes and saxophonist and clarinetist Harvey Wainapel. The matinée will start at 3 p.m.. A native of Bahia, Brazil, versatile multi-instrumentalist Almir Côrtes is equally at home on ...
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| Aretha, Sting, Aerosmith, Beck on Jazz Fest's 2018 lineup ... Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. Aretha Franklin, Sting, Aerosmith, Beck, Jack White and Lionel Richie are among the headliners for the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, organizers on Tuesday released the music lineup. Insight into 2018 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup, featuring Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, much more - The Advocate
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| History's Headlines: The Lehigh Valley hosts the king of jazz But Whiteman's place in American jazz history was secure because of the way he combined it with different types of music to send it into homes and to audiences who had not heard it before. And his collaboration with George Gershwin in the creation of Rhapsody in Blue in 1924 gave Whiteman an ...
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| Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week In recent years, Ms. Birkin has crisscrossed the world performing new orchestral arrangements of her late ex-lover's music. "It's a wonderful feeling, but equally sad, because the most beautiful songs were written when I left him," she told The New York Times in November. At this Carnegie Hall show, she ...
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| Jazz artistes pay tribute to Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela was a great legend of music, a storyteller and a social commentator who brought light to millions. Musically, he brought together a keen knowledge of American jazz with the South African music flavours of the Mandela generation to create his own joyous sound, both as an instrumentalist ...
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