The Keystone Korner was a legendary jazz club in San Francisco between 1972 and 1983, a place where Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Art Blakey and Dexter Gordon recorded important live albums. Owner Todd Barkan ...

South Philadelphia native James Mtume, a leading light in the world of jazz and R&B from the 1960's onward, has died at the age of 75, his family confirmed on Sunday. Born James Forman, Mtume was the ...

It requires more than two jazz festivals to take the measure of Patrice Rushen, but this week offers a good start. A composer with a symphony under her belt and commissions from leading orchestras and ...

When the R&B artist now know as H.E.R. was just 10 years old, she played the piano and belted Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You” on “The Today Show.” So it was a particularly full circle moment when ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

Huey "Piano" Smith, a pioneering figure in R&B and early rock 'n' roll music, died on Monday at age 89. The news was confirmed to Nola.com by his daughter, Acquelyn Donsereaux. "He just slept away," ...

After a six-month wait, the two-day Montgomery Smooth Jazz Festival is ready for a spring show at Riverwalk Amphitheater on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15. The concert — held beside the Alabama ...

STEVENS POINT − Jazz Coterie is bringing Los Angeles-based singer and composer Michael Mayo to Wisconsin for a concert in Stevens Point. Mayo, known for his blend of jazz, neo-soul and R&B, will ...

The open-air musical spectacle known as Flower Piano returns to San Francisco for the seventh year this week, with 12 pianos placed throughout the 55-acre San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate ...