Grammy-award winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age ... Discovered in the late 1960s by jazz musician Les McCann, Flack was a classically trained pianist, receiving a full scholarship ...

But pianist and singer Allen Toussaint ... it was a mystical meditation on gazing up at the night sky over the Louisiana countryside during drives from his native New Orleans.

The Nigerian singer became the first African woman to win best international act and the first female winner of best African music act in 16 years. Other genre category awards included best jazz ...

Amon Rwito was just a boy, not 8 years old, when he saw a tiny twinkling object in the sky over his village ... Rwito’s wife, celebrated singer Avis Berry, is giving a benefit jazz concert ...

When Jim Olsen saw Lucinda Williams perform at the Iron Horse in 1988, he had no idea that he’d book the Americana singer for his ... title of “most recorded jazz bassist in history ...

Roberta Flack, the magnetic singer and pianist whose intimate blend of soul, jazz and folk helped her rule ... every planet will be visible in the sky — if you know where to look.

Musicians Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky are 41. Actor Noel Fisher (“Shameless ... March 15: Actor Judd Hirsch is 90.

as did Bay's producer-singer wife Mela Sarajane Dailey, along with super-sponsors Greg Wooldridge and Lynne Dobson. For Bay, Lipman's concerto proved a perfect match for a jazz-influenced concert ...

Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is 74 ... March 20: Actor Hal Linden is 94. Country singer-guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky is 79. Blues musician Marcia Ball is 76. Drummer Carl Palmer ...

Some American Idol winners became superstars, while others faded from the spotlight. Here's what happened to those who ...

“I keep moving all the time,” jazz singer and lyricist Kurt Elling said last week. Elling, the winner of two Grammy Awards and dozens more honors, was in Alexandria, Virginia, filming ...

Les McCann, the soul-jazz singer, composer and fellow pianist who discovered Flack while the latter performed in a Washington, D.C. club, once said, “[h]er voice touched, tapped, trapped and ...