Grammy and Emmy award-winning bassist Endea Owens and her band, the Cookout, dazzled Bowker Auditorium with an evening of jazz on Friday, Feb. 7. Owens would go on to win a Grammy Award for her work ...

When Delfeayo Marsalis brought his sharp, party-timing, and abidingly swing-empowered Uptown Jazz Orchestra (UJO) to the Lobero Theatre last Friday, it was more than just a Mardi Gras week soiree.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer, and all-around musical genius, left an indelible mark on the world of jazz-funk, soul, and R&B. His music, with its hypnotic grooves and rich ...

*Larry & Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell enjoyed an out-of-nowhere run in the `70s as producers of loosely arranged musical nuggets that felt good, painted in broad strokes lyrically, and became bedrock ...

What is it about music that makes us feel so good? We know that music can have a profound effect on us and that listening to music can induce various emotions. We “feel it” when we hear a beautiful ...

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione, who had one of the biggest pop-jazz instrumental crossover hits of all time with “Feels So Good” in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 84. The death was reported by multiple ...