Easter season in the Black church and a conversation with jazz bassist Ron Carter. American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series looks at the core messages of the Easter season ...

Jazz bassist Ron Carter reflects on his career ahead ... musicians like Miles Davis and A Tribe Called Quest. American Black Journal is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

Bassist Donald Rafael Garrett recorded with and influenced the greatest names in avant-garde jazz, but nearly 40 years ... a crucial incubator of the Black American avant-garde.

Jeremy George, director of jazz studies at the university, said the progress students have made in three years is "unheard of ...

The Black Art Jazz Collective came together in 2013, with saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, trombonist James Burton III, pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Dwayne Burno, and drummer ...

A gifted bassist, vocalist ... Beyond the legends above, countless Black female jazz artists have contributed to the genre’s evolution. From Nancy Wilson to Samara Joy, the legacy of Black ...

noted Black Jazz bassist Henry Franklin (who has played with Ayers, Ornette Coleman, Willie Bobo and Stevie Wonder) and Katalyst as the house band. Subsequent tours have presented Brazilian ...

Do bassists just get short shrift in general ... Even more coveted are original copies of Eaton’s 1975 LP on the Black Jazz label, Plenty Good Eaton. With Jennings back on drums and the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month ... for celebrated jazz bassist Christian McBride it brings opportunities to perform “The Movement: Revisited: A ...

Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan ... Spike Lee confirmed his father’s death via Instagram, sharing a series of black-and-white portraits taken by younger brother David Charles ...

While studying music at Morehouse College, a historically Black school ... Bill Lee, a bassist and composer who scored the early films of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas that channeled ...