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Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Kobe Bryant, and the Notorious B.I.G. are among the highest-earning celebrities in death.
The Newark Museum of Art is currently featuring two exhibits of photographs of jazz legends such as Billie Holiday and…
Michael Henderson, known for playing bass with Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder as well as singing with Norman Connors, has…
On International Jazz Day, theGrio examines the racist origins of the term 'jazz' and the rejection of it by music…
Troupe will discuss his decades-long writing career in a virtual roundtable with friends Danny Glover and Terry McMillan on February…
TheGrio examines the recently departed singer/songwriter Betty Davis' vast influence on female performers like Nicki Minaj and Janet Jackson.
Funk singer Betty Davis, the ex-wife of famed trumpeter Miles Davis, died Wednesday of natural causes at age 77.
The legendary percussionist, producer and crafter of hit songs, including "Juicy Fruit," died less than a week after his birthday.
Barack Obama's seventh annual summer playlist has 38 songs by artists such as Rihanna, J. Cole, Stevie Wonder, Drake, SZA,…
Cicely Tyson spoke to Gayle King about her life and memoir in the last interview two days before she passed…
Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album, died Sunday at age…
We've compiled a list of 15 star-studded films we can't wait to see at the 2019 Sundance FIlm Festival in…
A new trailer has dropped for the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead, and now we’re getting a great look at Don
theGRIO REPORT - If there was any doubt that Don Cheadle would completely embody Miles Davis in his upcoming biopic…
theGRIO REPORT - Hundreds gathered on Monday in New York City for an unveiling ceremony of "Miles Davis Way" -…
theGRIO REPORT - Fans already excited about Don Cheadle's upcoming Miles Davis biopic Kill the Trumpet Player should welcome some…
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Cheadle will play Miles Davis in a biopic the actor has long planned on the…
NEW YORK (AP) — George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk,…
UNDATED (AP) — On this date in 1926, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois...