What is jazz? Beacon of the oppressed; music of New Orleans bordellos; popular dance music; revolutionary music; high-art music with an established cannon; progressive music that absorbs and grows; ...

On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer and composer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away at 85 after a long illness. Louis, “Tebogo,” Bra Louis, as he was variously and ...

With His New Undead Jazz Fest, Brice Rosenbloom Makes It Plain That the Historic Genre Is Still Taking Vital Breaths In a city known for the world's greatest summer jazz festivals, few entrepreneurs ...

"Late Show With David Letterman." On this night, organist and band leader Paul Shafer had convinced his idol to sit in with the band, the man without whom his career wouldn't exist. To acknowledge him ...

Milwaukee is mourning the death of music legend Manty Ellis, who died Thursday, July 9. NNS featured Ellis in a story last year.