Black Lives Matter

"Stop Fighting," inspired by protests in the wake of George Floyd's death last year, reflects Matthew Whitaker's insistence on a harmonious path.

British-Barbadian saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings brings urgent heat to the fourth album by Sons of Kemet.

A Deep Dive into an immortal song, recorded 57 years ago.In this era when it has been necessary to affirm that Black Lives Matter, John Coltrane’s…

Angel Bat Dawid, the Chicago-based clarinetist, composer and singer, has been embarked on a journey.On this My Music edition of The Checkout, she shares…

Along with the latest from Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, jazz-vocal supergroup säje, and keyboard whiz kid Justin Lee Schultz.Dayna Stephens…

Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 8pm, The Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn presents its mainstage fall presentation with 12 Angry Men...and Women: The…

Wynton Marsalis has always been deeply engaged in the subject of American race relations.The issue was a crucial part of his education as a young musician…

The recent social uprising across the nation — spurred by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop and countless others — has…

Black lives matter. We hold this truth to be self-evident, and yet it needs to be said.Over the past two weeks, since the death of George Floyd at the…

Television personality, pop culture commentator and adjunct professor Lisa Durden was recently fired by Essex County College after an appearance on Fox…