A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to the White House...
Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89
NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. "He enjoyed his life," she said. "Music was his love"...
Saxophonist James Moody dies of pancreatic cancer
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Moody is best known for his 1949 hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an interpretation of the 1935 ballad "I'm in the Mood for Love."...
Marsalis: Jazz helps you 'overcome tragic things'
VIDEO - The Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center also discussed the inspiration behind his upcoming album...
France honors 'Beloved' novelist Toni Morrison
PARIS (AP) - Morrison, an Ohio native who was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931, began writing in 1970...
Jazz legend reaches new creative peak at age 80
NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z, Nas, Gang Starr and Common share this in common: They've all sampled recordings by jazz legend Ahmad Jamal...
Prince announces new tour to start in December
NEW YORK (AP) - Prince says the shows will feature funk, R&B and jazz artists including Maceo Parker, Janelle Monae, Mint Condition, Esperanza Spalding...
Jazz photographer Herman Leonard dies at 87
LOS ANGELES (AP) - He started in the late 1940s and left a rich chronicle of a musical era with photos taken in New York, Paris and London through the 1960s...
Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dies at age 80 in NY
NEW YORK (AP) - Lincoln made records and acted in films in the 1950s and '60s, then saw her career surge again in the 1990s when she found new voice as a songwriter...
Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France
PARIS (AP) - Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau was in intensive care in a French hospital Friday after encountering breathing problems in the Alps...
