NOCCA Jazz Ensemble, Trombone Shorty Music Academy, Black Magic Drumline, Native Nations Intertribal, Treces del Sur – New Orleans Latin Music Band, Beautiful Creole Apaches, Black Seminoles ...

His work in the 1970s as bandleader of the six-piece band Roy Ayers Ubiquity helped spawn the subgenre called acid jazz. “If I didn’t have music, I wouldn’t even want to be here,” Ayers ...

Roy Ayers, who has died aged 84, was a pioneer of jazz-funk in the 1970s, the uplifting groove and messages of his music exemplified by his best-known track, Everybody Loves the Sunshine; although ...

As he studied music theory at Los Angeles City College, he played jazz in nightclubs. The first time Ayers appeared on record was on a session by saxophonist Curtis Amy. By 1963, he had his own ...

“His sound mixed with cosmic soul-jazz is really what created artists like Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. It was just that groove. “That’s not to say people around then weren’t making music ...

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Symphony Space,Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY March 5th & 6th, 2009 Showtime: 8:00 PM – Tickets: $30; Members $25; ...

“It’s not exactly straight ahead, it’s not avant-garde, it’s not fusion, it’s Renee music,” he said in an email. “You hear the jazz tradition, you hear classical influences, you hear ...

Arturo O'Farrill celebrates the music of Carla Bley plus new music from Allison Miller, Willie Morris and T.K. Blue.Playlist Jenny Hill “Deluxe Secret Sauce" from Floating (Self Prouced) 0:00 Arturo O ...