Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, which went on ...

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MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.

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Bob Perkins, long considered one of the most significant voices in jazz radio and a pillar in the Philadelphia-area jazz ...

Black History Month Prayer Brunch at Commonwealth Church: With guest of honor the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, this event honors BHM and features brunch, music and a sermon. 11 a.m. Feb. 15. $45. 27171 W.

Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, West Germany, which went on to make music history: a recording of the concert became ...

On Jan. 24, 1938, Julius Hemphill was born in Fort Worth. An alto and soprano saxophonist, flutist, vocalist, composer and ...