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Fifty years ago Barry McRae thought Aretha had much to do with jazz and was closely related to 'our' music (whoever and whatever they were)

Vinyl reissue of the 1958 version again confirms that cutting several sections of the original 1943 suite was a bad idea

Sixty years ago Steve Voce found very good jazz solos amidst the usual Mingus mix of ugliness, brutality, hokum and sensitivity

The whole audience will be bouncing and swaying to the irresistible rhythm. Everybody singing HI-DE-HO! They’re echoing the King himself, Cab Calloway, as he thrusts his baton into the air, and in his Zoot Suit, jumps, twirls and signals to the band to begin another joyous chorus.

A Hard Rock Casino could be coming to Kenosha. A public hearing Thursday will allow people to comment on the proposal.

The town council voted unanimously last week to accept a proposal from Landmark Preservation Associates to perform the work needed to secure the designation.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The office of Michael Easley Jr., US Attorney, Eastern District of NC, announced the sentencing of a Wilson man involved in a fraudulent COVID-19 loan operation According to a media release from Easley’s office, Isaac Lamont Dawson, 45, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Act (“PPP”) […]

Tonight on the program`s Jazz Feature is the music of Charles Mingus. It`s an important album in the Mingus recorded legacy and it was his initial album for the Impulse label. It was called ``The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady`` Mingus considered this one of his finest documents. It is a suite of music played by an 11 piece ensemble with some incredible solos by all involved like alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano and soprano and baritone saxophonist Jerome Richardson and trombonist Quentin Jacks...

The driver of a vehicle that sent Goldsboro police on a chase through the city Friday was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

Two Goldsboro men were found injured Friday morning shortly after police were alerted to gunshots being fired on Rockefeller Court.