Black Entertainment | Black News | Urban News | Hip Hop News | Black Entertainment
*Musician Ben Tucker, who performed with stars from Quincy Jones to Peggy Lee before became one of Savannah, Georgia’s best-known working jazz bassists, was killed in a car crash Tuesday at age 82, reports The Associated Press. Tucker was driving a golf cart across a road on Hutchinson Island when a car slammed into him [...]
*Jazz drummer, Willie Jones, III, had just returned to the United States from a two week gig in the Middle East, where he performed at the recently opened Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha, located in Doha, Qatar, when we spoke. The Doha, Qatar, club is the first Jazz at Lincoln Center branded venue to open [...]
*As recently reported on EURweb, this Sunday brings some major swag—for free—to L.A.’s Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. In concert with the upcoming 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival, Grammy-nominated artists Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancler and special guest, Paul Jackson Jr., will entertain audiences with their eclectic blend of Jazz and R&B. Since 1989, Chancler and Rushen have performed [...]
Dru Hill gives platinum performance at Rams Head Live, B.A.D. rock the roof off *Went to review the performances of my hometown legends Dru Hill (Jazz, SisQo, Tao and Nokio), along with Nokio’s Rock band Black Angel Down (B.A.D.) at Rams Head Live in Baltimore with much excitement. I was excited because they tend to [...]
*On what would have been her 96th birthday, Google is celebrating jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald with a doodle on its homepage. The singer, born April 25, 1917, made her stage debut at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, when she was just 17 years old. Over the next six decades, the “First Lady [...]
*Robert Randolph has taken his talents to Blue Note Records. The famed pedal steel guitar virtuoso has signed with the 75-year-old label – home to John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Al Green – and will release a new studio album by Randolph and his Family Band that features guest appearances by Trombone Shorty and Carlos [...]
*Jazz star Esperanza Spalding is facing legal action over the cover art for her latest album. The musician, who famously beat Justin Bieber to win the Best New Artist Grammy in 2011, has been hit with a $500,000 lawsuit from photographer Kevin Ryan, who claims he never received any credit for images featured on the [...]
*Bassist Esperanza Spalding is still wooing crowds with her peculiar style of music; blending jazz, R&B, and classical for one phenomenal sound. She was awarded for her groundbreaking compositions at the first annual Smithsonian Magazine American Ingenuity Awards. Artists in all categories, including technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, [...]
*Grammy-winning jazz bassist Marcus Miller and several members of his band were injured when their bus overturned Sunday on a highway in Switzerland, killing the driver, police said. The German-registered private bus tipped over as it rounded a bend on the A2 highway in central Switzerland and came to a rest on its side, police [...]
*History making musicians Miles Davis and Edith Piaf are making history even in their ancestry. The two are being honored as they join the ranks of the postage stamp family for the U.S. and also the French postal service. “On behalf of the Miles Davis family, we are honored that the U.S. Postal Service and [...]
*Soul and jazz singer Terry Callier has died. The 67-year-old songwriter, who experienced belated success in his career after working with acts including Massive Attack and Beth Orton, died on Sunday after suffering from a long illness. Born in the Chicago projects, Callier was a childhood friend of Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, and began [...]
*Jazz and R&B singer Kem is a true rags to riches celebrity who overcame homelessness and drug addiction to rise to the top and he’s still rising. Since becoming one of the most popular artists in his category, he’s managed to expand his horizon recently with a role in the recently released film, “Sparkle,” and [...]
*The late great blues singer, Muddy Waters, said it best, “Young and old, get yourself together and let the good times roll.” Hundreds of thousands of jazz fans have attended the Long Beach Jazz Festival over the past 24 years. “These music fans travel from all across California, throughout the United States, and some international [...]
*EURweb’s Black Music Month Artist Spotlight is inclusive of talented gospel rapper Will Hunter, whose mission is to reach God’s people through Holy Hip-Hop. Hunter grew up in Montgomery, Alabama and admits to an early lifestyle of drugs, alcohol and violence. But Hunter had a praying mother. Will Hunter’s spiritual purpose has finally evolved for he is now all about Kingdom business. “The LORD filled [...]
*The EURweb Black Music Month Artist Spotlight proudly shines on “Mr. Trombone” Jeff Bradshaw, the third artist in the history of the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart to have three albums chart simultaneously. His sophomore album “Bone Appétit” debuted with two versions in the Top 10 and a third in the Top 25. “Bone Appétit” delivers music rooted in [...]
Chad Johnson Out of Jail!...
Samsung, Jay-Z to Give Away 1 Million Copies of New ...
WNBA Vet Chamique Holdsclaw Pleads Guilty to Assault...
Terrell Owens Tweets About Visiting Chad Johnson in ...
Drama: Allen Iverson’s Ex-Wife Claims He Took ...
Celeb Tweets Pour in for New Mom Kim Kardashian...
Smokey Robinson Gets Personal in Interview About Mar...
Author Kimberla Lawson Roby Greets Fans Across the G...
 |
|
Recent Comments