It’s important to continue to evolve,’ said the 86-year-old icon, who will perform at the International Jazz Day All-Star ...
From Herbie Hancock to blues great Buddy Guy to a message from Pope Leo XIV, this globally watched concert was both a who’s ...
Both dive deeply into undeniable relationships between notes and truth. Both know when to follow a brilliantly written script and when to be fearless enough to embrace deconstruction and the deeper ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...
Three different singers play the welterweight boxer Emile Griffith in Lyric Opera’s visceral production of Terence Blanchard’s 2013 jazz opera “Champion.” That’s not uncommon in biographical stories, ...
GREEN LAKE – Thrasher Opera House will host a performance by jazz ensemble Artemis at 7:30 p.m. May 16, according to a community announcement. The group, founded in 2017 by pianist and composer Renee ...
Detroit Opera made a strong impression Saturday night with the sprawling jazz opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” a production that bore skilled performances and excellent music but proved a ...
And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz legend, playing "Miserere" from the opera "Il Trovatore" for Alan Lomax in 1938. Jazz, of course, is born of the African American experience and draws from ...