Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was ...

Ray Brown- bass; Herb Ellis, John Collins- guitar; Harry "Sweets" Edison- trumpet; Plas Johnson, Ralph Moore- tenor saxophone; Monty Alexander, Hank Jones, Gene Harris, Jimmy Rowles, George Duke- ...

Elvis Costello had screwed up. It was 1984 when he headed out on a short solo tour after finishing his album “Goodbye Cruel World.” Performing alone, Costello realized where he had erred as he played ...

John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is one of the finest bassists of his generation, and to him, one of his bass playing peers ...

Night Train kicks off a new month’s feature – celebrating the centennial birthday of alto saxophonist, composer (“Take Five”) and Brubeck Quartet member Paul Desmond. Our Featured New Release of the ...

Diddy 's sons Quincy, Justin and Christian reportedly got into a heated confrontation with Ray J at a recent Halloween party that Chris Brown stepped in to defuse.

A giant in the music and entertainment industry has died. Quincy Jones, known to many as ‘Q,’ was revered as a record ...

That wasn’t just an incredible football win. It’s an incredible story about one man and career survival. There were lots of ...

Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous ...

But whereas before she used Ray’s British-Asian heritage to examine institutionalised racism, here it provides a broader ...

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Nov. 10-16 include actor Anne Hathaway, comedian Pete Davidson and actor ...

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), known for its musical explorations that push traditional realms.