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Born of Ukrainian Jewish and African-American descent in Brooklyn, NY, Monifa Brown's (formerly Carson, happily married and the proud mother of a wonderful son – who can be heard in some of Brown’s WBGO show promos) affinity for music began at an early age. "I am blessed that my parents were determined to expose me to the arts and jazz in particular. They would take me with them everywhere. The first time an irrepressible mark was made was when they took me to hear Miles Davis. His...

Armstrong, a renowned musician, composer, and producer, is the second recipient of the award and completed her residency in late April.

May begins with the Labor Day holiday and is also remembered for Mother's Day, celebrated on the second Sunday of the month. Check out the ephemeris, commemorative dates and holidays of the month selected by Hoje é Dia .

Karl Berger, a musician, composer, educator and author who taught improvisation and his concept of an attentive, collaborative “music mind”

A vibraphonist, pianist, educator and musical thinker, he co-founded the Creative Music Studio to bring all kinds of musicians together to foster cross-pollination and improvisation.

His taut and rhythmically supple approach to jazz piano – notably his best-selling recording of 'Poinciana' – influenced generations of other musicians who embraced his less-is-more dynamics.

Over a career spanning seven decades, musician was hailed for his ability to transcend genres

One from the archive: Bass Player’s July 1991 profile of legendary jazz bassist Charlie Hayden

>> for trump, he was a little down beat. it was almost like a spoken word performance of his rallies you know, certainly he hit the notes that he usually does he went on a lengthy invective against all the varinvestigatios almost acting as a primer to his audience about the number of things hes facing in the months ahead. it was a mix of defiance, but also maybe a little stunned, i think, still coming to grips with the fact that for the first time in a long time he was not in complete control of...

Tonight (February 20th) on the world famous Classic Album at Midnight on Radio Nova we’re playing Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic.