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Floating Points (Sam Shepherd) shared a new single, "Someone Close," set to land on a vinyl release compiling the UK producer's 2022 singles.

The shooting, which took place shortly before 1 p.m., occurred outside a building on the campus. Oakland Police Department Assistant Chief Darren Allison said officers are looking for at least one shooter, although more suspects could be involved. No descriptions have been released. By Post Staff Six students and staff were wounded in a shooting at the King Estates campus in the Oakland hills, leaving two with life-threatening injuries. All the wounded were ages 18 or older and were associated w...

“We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” family representatives tweeted Saturday morning. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” | By Post Staff Jazz saxophonist Farrell ‘Pharoah’ Sanders, a pioneer of ‘spiritual’ jazz who lived in Oakland for a time before gaining renown in New York with John Coltrane’s band in the 1960s,...

I spent a lot of time last week listening to and reading about Pharoah Sanders, the cosmic jazz titan who died in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. He was 81.

What can be said about a music festival that books Flume, The Chemical Brothers, Jamie xx, Four Tet + Floating Points, Fred again.., Caribou, Bicep,

Pharoah Sanders, the revered tenor saxophonist known to the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died. He was 81. His record label says Sanders died early Saturday

Son House is regarded as one of the greats of early blues, along with early recording stars like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson. He made 78rpm records in the 1930s but a spell in penitentiary halted his career and by the 1940s he had abandoned recording. It wasn't until 1964 that Nick Perls, Dick Waterman and Phil Spiro "rediscovered" him working at a gas station. He was completely unaware of the interest in folk blues at the time (Skip James and Bukka White were already playin...

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-gardes greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltranes final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

Mentored by John Coltrane, he explored what became known as ‘spiritual jazz’, though he insisted: ‘I just play what I feel like playing’