The Music at the Intersection festival is on year number four in St. Louis, Missouri, with funk, jazz, hip hop and blues genres reigning. The Sept. 14-15 music lineup includes more than 50 ...
“Most younger people today get into jazz because of hip-hop,” explained Hicks. “Everyone [we work with] is discovered through crate-digging… this is how we discover new music.” The ...
Even the most knowledgeable jazz fans might be surprised to learn that saxophonist James Brandon Lewis (JBL) has issued 16 ...
While some might balk at a traditionally hip-hop artist like Nas performing at a jazz festival, Robert Glasper, Blue Note’s artist-in-residence, said in an interview that “Black music is a big ...