With more than 57 platinum records to his credit working with a galaxy of stars in various music genres, over $150 million in movie box office receipts, and management duties for boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and the estate of fabled blues icon B.B. King, megaproducer Vassal Benford is returning to his roots determined to conquer jazz just like everything else he’s…
What: Indy Jazz Fest 2022 When: September 30-October 2 Where: Garfield Park MacAllister Amphitheater, Indianapolis, IN. This fall will be the time for Indianapolis’ celebration of jazz featuring the best in world-renowned jazz superstars to Indy’s local jazz heroes. Check back soon and we will let you know when the festival line up is released,…
First the good news: As you can see in our annual Festival Guide, there are plenty of jazz festivals scheduled to happen around the world … Read More “JT Notes: The Fate of the Leopolis Jazz Festival” The post JT Notes: The Fate of the Leopolis Jazz Festival appeared first on JazzTimes.
For those who love low woodwinds, Brian Landrus has become a steadfast champion. Few musicians this side of Harry Carney have specialized in bass clarinet … Read More “Brian Landrus: Red List (Palmetto/BlueLand)” The post Brian Landrus: Red List (Palmetto/BlueLand) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Ravyn Lenae’s moment is now. The emerging singer-songwriter has released her debut album, Hypnos, her first project since 2018’s Crush EP. Hypnos is left-field R&B at its best, consisting of 16 songs, four of which have cameos from other artists of the same caliber. Those upstarts include Steve Lacy, Fousheé, Smino and Mereba. The first featured…
You can count on one hand how many albums Maxwell has released in his faithful music tenure, which is now in its fourth decade. Think back to April 2, 1996. The irony of a 23-year-old Maxwell releasing Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite, his glorious debut album, on the birthday of one of his biggest influences Marvin…
Nick Cannon has many jobs, from hosting VH1’s Wild ‘n Out to hosting Fox’s The Masked Singer, among others. The common thread between the gigs is music. So it is not surprising that the multi-hyphenate would release an album mixing his comedic charm and vocal prowess and featuring some of the biggest names in music…
By AFRO Staff On May 23, the Ames Shalom community announced that the Cook Family, owners of Northeastern Supply, donated Northeastern Supply’s Sandtown location to Ames Shalom Community, in support […] The post Northeastern Supply’s Sandtown Store & Warehouse valued at $2.2M donated to Resurrection Sandtown Project in support of the community revitalization effort appeared…
By Belinda Merritt, Special to the AFRO Music ministry is considered one of the most important ministries in the local church and should be acknowledged as a sacred office. Your […] The post Baltimore Masters share wisdom on the ministry of music appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
Fresh on the heels of her well-received single “Eyin Ni”, Joke Akande releases “My Child (Wa Dogun),” marking her third effort for the year 2022. The Afro-soul midtempo is a prophetic prayer channeled through rhythm to children all over the world both born and unborn. It is quite apt for the season, seeing that Nigerian…