Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...
From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The landscape of hip-hop was rapidly changing by 1993, as its commercial ...
When Karriem Riggins performs with Chicago rapper Common as the artist-in-residence of this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest on Sunday, it will be something of a full-circle moment for the Detroit-born ...
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — A group that mixes hip-hop music to martial arts films in real-time, Shaolin Jazz, is hosting its “Can I Kick It?” event at the Paramount Bristol in August. According to the ...
Despite turning a half century old this year, Hip Hop music is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, it’s expanding faster than DJ Kool Herc was spinning records in the Bronx on August 11, ...
Michał Urbaniak, a pioneering Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger who helped shape jazz fusion and performed with some of the genre’s biggest names, has died at the age of 82, his family said ...
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