The Southern blues – rock pioneer wrote and sang the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’...
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Artist Faith Ringgold, well known for her story quilts depicting African American experiences, has...
Casey Benjamin, whose saxophone gleam and vocoder-processed singing exerted a deep influence on the...
Pianist and vocalist Les McCann passed away on Friday. Known mainly as a soul...
Carl Grubbs, a powerfully searching saxophonist and music educator whose grassroots influence extends from...
Universally praised as a jazz player, Brian Godding, who passed away at the age...
Larry McKenna, a tenor saxophonist with a sublimely beautiful, velvet-cloaked sound who was a...
Did you know, dear readers, that there are also ostriches in the field of...
Tony Williams (1931 – November 11th, 2023) The stalwart Philadelphia saxophonist worked with many...
A Celebration of Life is planned for bay area jazz drummer Pat Close. The...
The musical universe in Cuba mourns the passing of the remarkable Cuban percussionist and...
Carla Bley, the pianist behind some of the most beloved compositions in the jazz...
The musician and activist Julian Bahula, who has died aged 85, was the first...
Mike Travis, who has died aged 78, was a drummer and actor who was...
The great jazz pianist Norberto Machline died. The Argentine musician died at the age...
Charles Gayle burst on the NYC jazz scene in the ’90s, at which point...
Renowned jazz musician Richard Davis passed away on September 6, 2023 at the age...
It was called Joaquim Guri, but everyone knew him as Lucky Guri. Luck, in...
Peter Brötzmann, a German saxophonist whose brash, tempestuous outpourings set an imposing standard for...
The singer behind one of the most recorded songs in history has died. With...
Bill Lee, bassist and composer of son Spike Lee’s films, dies at 94. He...
She dusted off the alphorn and gave the instrument a new image. She was...
Singer-songwriter nonpareil Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. According to his publicist, he...
Jim Gordon, a top drummer for Eric Clapton, George Harrison and countless others who...
McFadden performed for decades with his brother Lonnie McFadden. The two danced, sang and...
Composer, georgian bassist, jazzman Tamaz Kurashvili died at the age of 75. He was...
As we just found out, our longtime friend and fellow musician Sebastian Nay died...
Burt Bacharach, a colossally successful pop composer — with more than 70 Top-40 hits...