COLUMBUS, Ohio — The City of Gahanna has announced the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival will return this June. The festival will run from June 17-19 and tickets are on sale now. “We couldn’t be happier ...

This week, Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer Jlin at Stanford Live; jazz bassist Marcus Shelby's tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet; and Bollywood-infused blues with Aki Kumar. Plus, designer and ...

The final chapter of "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues," takes the greatest liberties in defining the musical form. Clint Eastwood adds a more personal touch than the other six films as he looks at ...

Winner of the 2024 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Artist and nine time SDMA nominee for Best Blues Artist, Mercedes Moore brings a blend of '50s/60's swingin' soul, jazz, and blues to the Bay ...

Influential blues and jazz pianist Mose Allison, whose songs were covered by an array of rock veterans, died Tuesday at the age of 89 of natural causes. Allison’s daughter, Amy, confirmed the musician ...

Ornette Coleman recorded "When Will The Blues Leave" in early 1958, released the next year on Something Else!!!! (Contemporary). Paul Bley played Coleman's blues four years later on The Floater ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, ...

It is the uncommon blend of old and new that ultimately sets The Brat Pack apart from their contemporaries. Armed with their own unique style, a fusion of blues and jazz, they can effortlessly put ...

Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 039 (A 21011--A 21014); A4 21010 (A 21011--A 21014); DIDP 071657--DIDP 071660. Solo jazz piano music and jazz ensembles with piano. Compact discs; remastered.