Nori is an eclectic modern jazz band featuring Akina Adderley on vocals, Erik Telford on trumpet, Nick Litterski on keys, Aaron Allen on upright bass, and Andy Beaudoin on drums. Festival Peak ...

Orbert Davis is a history buff. When this Chicago trumpeter, bandleader, and composer funnels his prodigious creative energy towards a new project, he’s usually tackling — or, really, bear-hugging — ...

CARRY-LE-ROUET, France (AP) -- Remembering her artistry and activism, hundreds of mourners crowded a church in southern France on Friday to bid farewell to jazz singer Nina Simone.

Nina Simone blazed a trail as an often-political jazz singer at a time when women entertainers—especially Black ones—were discouraged from highlighting racial injustice and other unpleasant truths in ...