According to Merriam-Webster, to improvise is “to make, invent, or arrange offhand.” Improvisation is not only complex, but ...

Guts Club spoke with Gambit about "Please Come Back To The Farm," making an outlet for queer rage and catharsis and covering ...

In Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Roy Ayers uses six of the seven notes in F# Dorian mode as roots for fourths chords: F-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E. Three of the resulting minor 11th chords ...

In August 2018, rap icon Mac Miller released his album “Swimming,” following a journey of loss and self-discovery, a stark contrast from the passion and confidence displayed in his previous album “The ...

An die Musik Live and the Peabody Institute Jazz Department partnered to present a series of “Hittin' With the Youngins” on ...

We talked with Marsalis in advance of his one-night-only performance at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on March ...

A hundred years after The Great Gatsby shone a light on extravagant Long Island mansions and secret speakeasies, the spirit ...

Quartets Through a Time of Change: music by Ravel, Durey, Tailleferre and Milhaud Brother Tree Sound (First Hand Records) ...

The recordings of vibraphonist Roy Ayers are part of the foundation of contemporary R&B and hip-hop; Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and ...

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer died Tuesday at the age of 84, after battling a long illness.

Michael Weiss has been a leading pianist and composer in jazz spaces for over 30 years. He’s returning to Sculler’s Jazz Club ...

We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84.