Jazz

BADBADNOTGOOD Bangs Out at Brooklyn Bowl

Jerell Tongson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Badbadnotgood, Next, Just the Islands, Hip Hop, Brooklyn Bowl, Jazz, Brooklyn, Odd Future, Coachella, Frank Ocean, NY Arts, NY Around Town, Video, New York News

Their sound is bigger than jazz, it's bigger than hip-hop, it's BADBADNOTGOOD.

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Music Producer Rocks Old-School In Digital Era (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, Shelly Liebowitz, Blues, La Arts, Shelly Liebowitz Interview, Shelly Liebowitz Music Producer, Los Angeles News

'Play' your dues Music Producer Shelly Liebowitz knows music and music knows him. There is nothing auto-tuned about this man what-so-ever.

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Campari and Conversation

Kat Edmonson | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Kat Edmonson, Jazz Music, Jazz Singers, Jazz, Jazz New York, Jazz Musicians, Kat Edmonson Music, Negroni, Negroni-Cocktail, Entertainment News

Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.

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PHOTOS: Tobago Is Trinidad's Chilled Out Sister

Dwight Brown | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Arturo Tappin, Caribbean, Barrington Levy, Calypso, Emili Sande, Scuba Diving, Jazz, Reggae, Slidepollajax, David Rudder, Trinidad and Tobago, Travel News

Goats and look-a-like short-coated brown sheep graze by the road.

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NoJazzFest for Old Men

Kurt Ellenberger | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Pop Music, New Orleans Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Jazz, Jazz Fest, Culture News

Of the approximately 24 groups highlighted on the festival's homepage, there is only one serious mainstream jazz artist (Herbie Hancock) and two traditional jazz groups.

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Toni Morrison: Building an American Home

Richard Z. Santos | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Literature, Nobel Prize, Toni Morrison, Book Review, Jazz, Novels, The Bluest Eye, Beloved, Books, African Americans, Toni Morrison Home, Books News

Searching for home -- for a safe place to rest your head, grow a family, and be part of a community -- occupies the heart of Morrison's body of work. How fitting then that her latest book has such a simple title: Home.

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Jazz: A Cross Cultural Jam Session

Soren Petersen | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Design, Innovation, Entertainment, Jazz, Music, Jazz Music, Jazz Fest, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Arts News

The idea of combining two opposing cultural expressions was to create a musical traffic jam and in doing so, invent a new and unique identity.

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The Audience and the Educator: A Study in Blue

Kurt Ellenberger | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Classical Music, Education, Liberal Arts Education, Jazz, Arts, Jazz Music, Higher Education, Arts Funding, Arts Education, Culture News

The education system can certainly expose students to classical music and jazz (hopefully enriching their lives by doing so), but it cannot make them love the music.

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Esperanza Spalding on Creativity, Inspiration and Hip Hop

Demetria Irwin | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Earth Day 2012, TED Talks, Hip Hop, Q-Tip, Jazz, Slavery, Grammy Awards, Esperanza Spalding, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Pop Culture, Black Voices News

Twenty-seven-year-old Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding is not only an amazing vocalist and musician, but also an inspiring public speaker. After a recent performance, she sat down to share some of her thoughts on music. Here are a few gems from that talk.

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Jazz Drop Suns To Secure Playoff Spot

AP | LYNN DeBRUIN | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Suns Jazz, 2012 Nba Playoffs, Utah Jazz, Jazz, Paul Millsap, Nba Playoffs, Phoenix Suns, Basketball, Jazz Suns, Nba Playoffs 2012, Jazz Suns Highlights, Nba, Video, Sports News

SALT LAKE CITY -- Paul Millsap scored 26 points and Al Jefferson went on a personal 8-0 fourth-quarter run as the Utah Jazz defeated the Phoenix Suns ...

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Stage Door: Nice Work If You Can Get It, The City Club

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Entertainment, Musical, Blues, Theater, Jazz, Broadway, Kelli O'Hara, Off-Broadway, George Gershwin, Matthew Broderick, Arts News

Nice Work If You Can Get It has a glorious Gershwin score, frothy, screwball plot, strong ensemble and Kelli O'Hara. What it doesn't have is a leading man. Matthew Broderick suffers through his dance routines, moving as little as possible, and frequently mopping his brow.

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Rotten Decay : BADBADNOTGOOD Is Re-Defining the Genre

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Badbadnotgood, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tyler the Creator, Odd Future, Bbng2, Badbadnotgood Band, Bbng, Coachella, Video, New York News

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Philly Jazz Lovers Seek To Repair Coltrane House

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: National Historic Landmark, Jazz Music, John Coltrane, Jazz, John-Coltrane--Miles-Davis, Miles Davis, John Coltrane House, Black Voices News

PHILADELPHIA — Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House,...

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Improvisation: Phoebe Jacobs' Wonderful Life

Christoph A. Geiseler | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Phoebe Jacobs Dead, Video, Jazz Music, Phoebe Jacobs, Jazz, Phoebe Jacobs Death, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Arts News

New York's reigning jazz queen, Mrs. Phoebe Jacobs, passed away at age 93. As the torchbearer of Louis Armstrong's continuing legacy she touched innumerable lives with her love, eye for talent, dry wit, largesse, incomparable energy and photographic memory

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Jazz Snap Spurs' Winning-Streak

AP | LYNN DeBRUIN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: San Antonio Spurs, Video, Jazz Spurs, Jazz, Devin Harris, Paul Millsap, Utah Jazz, Jazz Spurs Highlights, Basketball, Nba, Spurs Jazz, Sports News

SALT LAKE CITY -- Devin Harris scored 25 points, including 11 straight in the fourth quarter, and the Utah Jazz halted the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game ...

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Fantastic 'Voyage': Dizzy Gillespie's Trippy Jazz Film

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Diz, John Hubley, Video, Jazz, Dizzy Gillespie, Marco Polo, Voyage to Next, Faith Hubley, Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Culture, Culture News

Dizzy Gillespie is renowned as a trumpeter of incredible ability and inimitable style, but his legacy extends far beyond bebop. In 1974, the jazz lege...

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Argentina: A Jazz Odyssey

Sam Lyons | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Jazz, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina Travel, Teen News

I just came back from arguably one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. My school jazz band just spent seven jam-packed days in Argentina, touring around and playing concerts.

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Foxy Shazam "Likes It"; Hey Rim Jeon Plays It

Jon Chattman | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: The Church of Rock and Roll, The Darkness, Hey Rim Jeon, Courtney Love, Foxy Shazam, The Strokes, Jazz, Pianist, A-Sides, Adele, A-Sides With Jon Chattman, Mona Lisa Puzzle, Twilight, Chick Corea, Video, Entertainment News

What ever happened to good old fashioned rock and roll? That's the question Cincinnati rockers Foxy Shazam answer with their fourth album The Church of Rock and Roll.

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Playing From the Old Heart of Flamenco

Marty Lipp | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Camaron De La Isla, Roma, World Music, Gypsy, Gypsy Kinds, Andalucia, Spain, Flamenco, Jazz, Jazz Guitar, Paco De LucíA, Guitar, Video, Arts News

It's been more than fifty years since Paco de Lucía taught himself guitar and stunned the world of flamenco as a child prodigy, then went on to develop peerless technique and controversially reshape the boundaries of the genre.

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Quirky New Orleans Fests: Running Of The Bulls, Cocktails And Satchmo

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Festivals, New Orleans Festivals, Louisiana, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Food, Spain, Events, The Running of the Bulls, Travel News

NEW ORLEANS -- The entire basketball-loving world turned its eyes to New Orleans this past weekend as the city hosted the National Collegiate Athletic...

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Viscous Varnish

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Australian Art, Australia, Jazz, Varnish, Dale Frank, Abstract Expressionism, Volta Ny, Slidepollajax, Anna Schwartz Gallery, New York Art, Video, Arts News

Dale Frank is an Australian painter who has, over the past decade, become obsessed with varnish. Traditionally a resin that appears as a translucent s...

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Portrait of a Scientist as a Jazz Musician

Sylvie Leotin | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Brian Lynch, Jazz Combo, Sylvie Leotin, Mathematician, Jazz, Rob Schneiderman, Creativity, Leadership, Innovation, Research, Art Meets Science, Collaboration, Jazz Mindset, Arts News

After dance and science, we turn to the soul-feeding realm of jazz. This article will introduce a jazz-scientist, and explore parallels and commonalit...

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Herbie Hancock Launches International Jazz Day

AP | CHARLES J. GANS | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: International Jazz Month, Jazz, International Jazz Day, Jazz Day, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, U.N. Educational, International Jazz Day Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock, Music, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Culture News

NEW YORK — Ambassador Herbie Hancock believes what the world needs is a little jazz diplomacy. The renowned jazz pianist's first major initiati...

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Caregiving, and All That Jazz

Marki Flannery | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Caregiving Advice, Caregiving, Home Care, Music Therapy, Jazz, Home Health Care, Caregivers, Home Health Aide, Good News News

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A jazz singer walks into a senior center...

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Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society's Album Trailer (Exclusive)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Video, Radio Music Society, Jazz, Soul, Pop, Esperanza Spalding, Entertainment News

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