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Most people know legendary jazz artist Roy Ayers for his music. The Los Angeles-born jazz musician and composer’s music has been sampled over 1,000 times by hip-hop and R&B artists, including Common, ...

On this day in 1994, Pete Rock and CL Smooth released their second and final studio album, The Main Ingredient, through Elektra Records. Today marks the 31st anniversary of this timeless classic that ...

Glasgow nu-jazz band Kai Reesu have picked up this year’s SAY Award for their excellent KOMPROMAT vol.i, beating out fellow nominees like Kathryn Joseph, TAAHLIAH and Jacob Alon to the £20,000 prize ...

Cork City is buzzing this weekend as the 47th Guinness Cork Jazz Festival takes over every stage, street and corner of the city. The festival officially kicked off last night with electric ...

Separated by decades but bound by spirit, both Black-American art forms thrive on improvisation. Their fusion is conversation, intergenerational and unforced. There’s a scene in The Get Down, ...

Today, we celebrate the 57th birthday of one of hip hop’s most respected lyricists and a cornerstone of the golden era sound; CL Smooth. Born Corey Brent Penn Sr. on October 8, 1968, the New Rochelle, ...

Hip hop and jazz have a long shared history. In the 1990's artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Digable Planets were introducing younger listeners to jazz musicians like Grant Green and Bobbi ...

Music producer and songwriter, Viktur Sunday, has released a seven-track album titled, ‘My Kinda Hymns Vol. 1’, that is already stirring conversations in gospel music circles for its bold and ...

*For more than two decades – and counting – trombonist and recording extraordinaire Jeff “Mr. Trombone” Bradshaw has been boldly mixing musical sounds and styles rooted in soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, ...