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Questlove was doing just fine in his day job when he got a chance to detour into directing — and the success of "Summer of Soul" still shocks him

The cool spot for night owls, early-risers and Cubs fans abroad asks if the Cubs should pursue free agent third baseman Kyle Seager.

Fifteen years ago, Flushing Town Hall started the wonderful tradition of welcoming to its stage renowned NEA Jazz Masters, a title bestowed on the world’s greatest jazz musicians.

UMass Amherst honored its deep roots in the performing and fine arts today at a ceremony celebrating the renaming of the Fine Arts Center building and its main stage.

South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians through its Jazz Road…

Hazel Scott was the gorgeous face of jazz at the mid-century; the most glamorous, well-known Black woman in America, making more than $100,000 per year, draped in custom-designed jewelry and furs. Her remarkable career is preserved in the Librarys Music Division.

Take Five features new tracks from an array of ascendant talent: saxophonists Houston Person, Remy Le Boeuf and Kazemde George, vibraphonist Nikara Warren, and the vocal group known as säje.

Join Roland Dierauf and make a donation between 7 and 11 Saturday during Jazz and Beyond to be entered to win "The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings" of Bud Powell, a previously loved, but rare edition gifted to us by a fan.This four-CD set collects Powell's 1947 session for Roost and his Blue Note recordings from 1949 to 1958, with a final leap ahead to 1963 for a single trio track. Powell's mercurial genius is most apparent in the early sessions. The eight Roost track...

Jazz is Dead is a compilation which brings something entirely new to the genre and contrary to the title, it is keeping jazz very much alive.

He first Festival made a profit of $142 and he went on to showcase stars like Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and James Brown