Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

Jae Tips talks his journey from music to sneakers, the influence of both worlds, & shares his I Love You But I’m Busy playlist ...

The artist and musician, now 75, represents a devotion to the act of creation. His new LP “Tonky,” which incorporates jazz, ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams ...

His “The Best of Roy Ayers” spend 50 weeks on the Contemporary Jazz Album chart. His music never went out of style ... which peaked at No. 9 on what has become the Top R&B/Hip-hop chart in 1977 and ...

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s ... Shaheed Muhammad of the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest in 2020 on the second album in the “Jazz Is Dead” series, which ...

Jazz musician Roy Ayers plays an African Marimba instrument during his workshop with young music artist at Funda ... has been sampled by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J.

In America’s country music capital, a new generation is stepping out from the shadows of its beloved honky-tonks. Meet the trailblazing female rappers singing ‘Music City’ a different song.

Musicians have been paying tribute to the "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" icon, whose influence has shaped R&B, hip-hop and neo-soul.

His “The Best of Roy Ayers” spend 50 weeks on the Contemporary Jazz Album chart. His music never went out of ... 9 on what has become the Top R&B/Hip-hop chart in 1977 and contained the ...