Why Are They Falling like Dominoes? Jazz is not a music you can dance to; at least, not as a rule.

Nasir Jones better known as Nas , is unequalled in definitive flow on Illmatic, his debut release.

Dan Frankowski is a thinker, novelty-seeker, trumpet player, and composer. He was raised in the Twin Cities, where his high school band and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies were early crucibles, with peers like Michael Bland and Michael Sutton .

The Detroit International Jazz festival attracts musicians from all over. This weekend one of them is Tia Fuller.

A musician friend who has played both the Detroit International Jazz Festival and the Chicago Jazz Festival was asked to compare the two.

Guitarist Bobby Broom may not have the kind of high profile that some of his Jazz contemporaries enjoy but he has the kind of rsum that would make a good many of them green with envy.

Detroit has contributed much to music and jazz -- arguably America's greatest art form.

Jazz & Hip-Hop go together like peanut butter and jelly, and it is no surprise that Jazz has been one of the prominent forefathers of Hip-Hop's existence.

Jazz & Hip-Hop go together like peanut butter and jelly, and it is no surprise that Jazz has been one of the prominent forefathers of Hip-Hop's existence.

When saxophonist/composer Bobby Zankel left New York and its avant-garde loft scene for Philadelphia in 1975, he'd already plied his skills with masters of the free-jazz trade such as Cecil Taylor.

The Blackbyrds were a jazz-funk group with thick R&B streaks running down their backs.

The Kennedy Center recently announced a one week and final extension for the touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE.

Jun 26, 2009 Will Smith is a professor at American University, and is co-founder and executive director of the International Association for Hip Hop Education.

"I've got a picture of him and my [oldest] brother sitting on their twin beds, playing their guitars," she says.

The owner of Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit's legendary jazz club on the brink of its 75th anniversary, pauses as he considers the question: What's your most memorable night at the club? A big smile spreads across John Colbert's face and he reaches for scrapbook photos of trumpeter Donald Byrd, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson and trombonist ...