OK:KO: Liesu (We Jazz)
Jazz aficionados are more in need of the new than most music fans. For all of you out there with a lust for the aurally … Read More “OK:KO: Liesu (We Jazz)” The post OK:KO: Liesu (We Jazz) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Chops: Lucian Ban on Solo Improvisation
Creating a program of solo piano music is the ultimate challenge for any improvising pianist. The music on my latest album, Ways of Disappearing (Sunnyside), … Read More “Chops: Lucian Ban on Solo Improvisation” The post Chops: Lucian Ban on Solo Improvisation appeared first on JazzTimes.
Registration for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Now Open
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced that it is now accepting entries for the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, … Read More “Registration for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Now Open” The post Registration for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Now Open appeared first on JazzTimes.
PJ Morton and John Legend Re-Elected to Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees
Each year, the structure of the Recording Academy undergoes ambitious changes to showcase diversity and inclusion as well as the enthusiasms of qualified music influencers. Its National Board of Trustees team gets 19 new and familiar additions for its 2022-2023 term. PJ Morton, whose new album Watch The Sun dropped in April, rejoins as a…
India Shawn Shares New Song ‘Exchange’
India Shawn’s imagination runs wild on her new song “Exchange,” co-written and co-produced by Oscar and Grammy winner D’Mile. The production of “Exchange” is tangled in an exotic percussion, a steady guitar line, and a placid piano. Each element evenly blends with her sultry murmurs of give-and-take in a romance that faces its shares of…
Coco Jones Keeps Eyes Peeled in ‘Caliber’ Video
Coco Jones has shared a music video for “Caliber,” the first single from her forthcoming untitled EP. Teyana Taylor, known as Spike Tee, directed the video in production with The Aunties. In the visual, Jones enters a lavish lounge with a gentleman (portrayed by actor Deric Augustine) that turns out to be the bartender. Before…
Jazmine Sullivan Picks New R&B Radio Single From ‘Heaux Tales’
Jazmine Sullivan enjoyed tremendous success on R&B radio last year with “Pick Up Your Feelings” from the Grammy-winning album Heaux Tales. The accomplished diva may have a similar outcome on the airplay format, as the emotional “Hurt Me So Good” is the next focus track. The second single from Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe, was…
SiR Hopes New Album Will Help Others Overcome Adversity: Interview
It’s a Monday afternoon and Sir Darryl Farris, affectionately known as SiR, is sitting in his all-white room and is wearing a crisp white t-shirt accessorized by two gold chains. The Inglewood, California, native’s lunch order arrives just as our interview begins but he prefers to hold off. “It’s going to have to wait. It’s…
William Welch retired from Bowie State University as the oldest full-time faculty member, but that doesn’t mean his human resource development career is finished yet
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com When Professor William Welch retired at 92 from Bowie State University (BSU) in the winter, he was the […] The post William Welch retired from Bowie State University as the oldest full-time faculty member, but that doesn’t mean his human resource development career…
Meet Paige Blake: the first student to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Bowie State University (BSU) rising senior Paige Blake has a disability, but you wouldn’t know it by looking […] The post Meet Paige Blake: the first student to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities appeared first…