CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Cosey, an innovative guitarist who brought his distinctive distorted sound to recordings with Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, has died, his daughter said. He was 68. Cosey died May 30 of complications from surgery at Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said his daughter Mariama Cosey. Pete Cosey's musical […]
Relatives say a founding member of the influential band The Skatalites has died in Jamaica at age 80. Family spokeswoman Maxine Stowe says bassist Lloyd Brevett died Thursday at a Kingston hospital. He had suffered a stroke in March, two weeks after his son was murdered by gunmen outside the family’s home. Brevett was an […]
Thousands turned out Friday to see New Orleans rapper Mystikal perform one last time before returning to jail on a probation violation. The rapper, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was released from a Louisiana prison in 2010 after serving six years for sexual battery and extortion. He returns to jail May 14 following a […]
It takes a certain type of person to get on stage under a name taken from a building renowned as one of the most beautiful ever constructed, without being laughed out of the room. Henry Saint Clair Fredericks is that type of person, and he has long preferred the name Taj Mahal, which he says […]
Herbie Hancock and scores of other big names in sound, rhythm and improvisation gathered in Paris on Friday to celebrate a new annual event: International Jazz Day. Hancock, a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, is the force behind the creation of a world day of jazz on April 30 starting Monday. The yearly event aims to encourage […]
When Hurricane Katrina scattered New Orleans residents and its musicians across the country, many wondered if the best days of New Orleans music had drowned with the city. But if its music festivals are any indication, New Orleans is proving its music scene is waterproof. New Orleans festivals are as strong as they’ve ever been, […]
Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House, a preservation effort that mirrors a broader mission to reclaim and promote Philadelphia’s rich jazz heritage. Cultural officials gathered more than 100 local jazz musicians on Friday for a group photo in front of […]
In the early 1900s, the town of Idlewild in northeastern Michigan was a vacation resort for prominent African Americans. Jokingly called “the Black Eden” Idlewild was rumored to get its name from the idle men and wild women who lived there. During the summers, more than 25,000 people visited the area, some even built […]
