Harvey Mason isn’t just a jazz drummer. In fact, he isn’t just a drummer.
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Netflix for Jazz? Quincy Jones’s Qwest TV Takes Concerts and Films Digital | The New York Times
Qwest will operate like a highly specialized version of Netflix: Members pay a small fee each month for access to the full video library.
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The nation’s only African American piano maker counts ‘Empire’ and the Vatican as fans | The Washington Post
“Starting a piano company is not for the faint of heart,” he says. For the first 10 years, he struggled for funding, and he got help with his first patent only after several lawyers passed on it.
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Dig, If You Will, Some Never-Before-Seen Pictures Of Prince In ‘A Private View’ | NPR
Afshin Shahidi misses Prince. “Nothing seemed impossible, everything was possible for him,” he says. “And that’s just the way he lived his life and the way he communicated and wanted us to live our life.”
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Herbie Hancock: ‘I like to discover new rules so I can break them’ | The Guardian
The great jazz pianist on his years in Miles Davis’s legendary quintet, his debt to Buddhism and why he still has the urge to innovate
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Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald Live Album, ‘Ella At Zardi’s’, Unearthed From Verve’s Vaults 60+ Years Later In Celebration Of Jazz Legend’s Centennial | PR Newswire
Available December 1 via Verve Records/UMe. WBGO Premiers Rare Opening Track “It All Depends On You”
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The Roots’ Black Thought Opens Up About Parent’s Murder and Overcoming Rage in New Interview | Atlanta Black Star
The Roots’ frontman Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter had it extremely difficult coming up since both of his parents were killed.
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Kahlil Joseph’s New Film Is Steeped in Harlem’s History. And His Own. | The New York Times
“All of a sudden, I’m a fine artist,” Mr. Joseph said. “All thanks to my brother.”
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Brittany Packnett: If You’re Not as Outraged About R. Kelly as You Are About Harvey Weinstein, Then You’re Part of the Problem | Elle UK
At the Women’s Convention, the activist shared her thoughts on Hillary Clinton, the backlash against Bernie Sanders, and the #MeToo campaign.
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Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89 | The New York Times
The boogie-woogie master, who has died aged 89, shaped the course of popular music over and over again
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