The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Arts Center, Two River Theater and Project Write Now present "The Art of Social Justice: ...

Sean Nelson and the New London Big Band will release “Don’t Stop Now,” in April via All In Records.

The weekend is almost here. As January continues and temperatures drop throughout the area, there’s plenty of fun activities to do around Monmouth County. Here’s five events you can check out this ...

This year’s affair—renamed the Pre-Grammy Fundraising Gala in light of efforts to raise money onsite to aid those in Los ...

Vocal group säje and guitarist Bill Frisell, with abundant Seattle ties, are up for awards at the 67th Grammy Awards on ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

It was discovered in New Orleans around the turn of the century, and Kansas City took it to the next level in the 1930s: The bandleader Count Basie, the saxophonist Lester Young, and the drummer ...

There are several exceptional albums inspired by loss, such as Leonard Cohen's "Thanks for the Dance," Arcade Fire's "Funeral" and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Ghosteen." : Neil Young's "Tonight's the ...

George Varga was a teenaged drummer and budding music critic when ... The star-studded Montreux ’75 lineup included Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge ...

Born in Brooklyn, Washington studied with the former Dizzy Gillespie drummer Rudy Collins and attended New ... and/or helped prepare classic jazz re-releases by Art Blakey and Count Basie, among ...