1:15 p.m. March 7, 2025: A previous version of this story said Roy Ayers died Wednesday. He died Tuesday. Roy Ayers, the “King of Neo Soul” who was born and raised on Vernon Avenue just south of ...

Gemini Soul is famous for their eclectic blend of jazz-funk fusion with an electronic element known as "Cyber Jazz." With their motto "Jazz For A New Generation," their sound is reminiscent of Herbie ...

The jazz musician was known for helping to pioneer the soul jazz sound and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What" Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

Jon Batiste performs outside NYU Langone Health hospital. (Noam Galai / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

An exhibit based on one of Disney-Pixar's newest movies is coming to Kansas City Friday. "The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure" based on Disney-Pixar's hit movie "Soul" will open at Kansas City's ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for ...

In the week leading up to this year’s Iowa City Jazz Fest, The Daily Iowan spoke with Damani Phillips, a local jazz saxophonist and associate professor of African-American studies at the University of ...

John Fournier is a saxophonist, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger and educator. As a performing sideman, some of the artists he has had the honor of working with include Bernadette Peters, Jerry ...

The Vilar Performing Arts Center’s main stage transforms into a club-like setting on Tuesday night, with audience members sitting on stage around reserved, two-top tables for a night of jazz, which ...

It’s an opening lyric so universal, tucked in a groove so essential, that the song seems to glow as it beams from the speakers. My life, my life, my life, my life in the sunshine Everybody loves the ...

Manu Dibango, the acclaimed Cameroonian saxophonist whose 1972 hit, “Soul Makossa,” would later be sampled by Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and dozens of other musicians, died Tuesday due to ...