The Grammy-winning music icon died on Sunday, May 12, 'after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications,' according to a statement posted on his social media account Njera Perkins was ...

The Jazz Age was a time of excess, creativity, and passion that lunged jazz music into the mainstream. It produced music icons like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, whose innovative sounds advanced ...

NEW YORK — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the ...

JAZZ ICONS (TM) DVD SERIES FEATURES UNSEEN CONCERTS FILMED FOR TELEVISION IN THE 1950s - 1970s: FIRST NINE TITLES INCLUDE ELLA FITZGERALD, DIZZY GILLESPIE, THELONIOUS MONK, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, COUNT ...

Ramsey Lewis, a three-time Grammy award winner and acclaimed jazz musician of over 60 years, died at his home in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement released from his family. Lewis was 87 ...

Jazz ambassadors are hard to come by. The first was Louis Armstrong, whose personality was so big and warm it couldn't help spilling out on everyone close to him. Then there was Dizzy Gillespie, the ...

A wave of new jazz albums is arriving alongside high-profile classic rock tours and farewells. The Rolling Stones have confirmed their final 'One Last Ride' tour and announced their upcoming album ...

Acclaimed jazz bandleader Ken Peplowski has died ... and his sudden passing occurred right before he was to play on a cruise already at sea, TMZ has learned. A passenger on The Jazz Cruise tells TMZ .

Over his 35-year career, saxophonist Dave Koz has racked up an impressive array of honors and achievements, including a dozen No. 1 albums, nine Grammy nominations, performances for multiple U.S.

Jazz musician Ken Peplowski, beloved for his virtuosity on the saxophone and clarinet and his witty stage persona, was found dead on a cruise ship aged 66. His passing came after a five-year battle ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Some of the city's next generation of musicians had the chance to learn and play alongside a world-famous jazz icon Wednesday, Sept. 24. Byron Stripling, a conductor at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wynton Marsalis will lead the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra in a performance at Wharton Center on Feb. 10. After almost 40 ...