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- ...

Photographers were inspired by the cool sensibilities of jazz musicians as they practiced their craft. Learn more about jazz and the birth of cool in the National Portrait Gallery's online exhibition ...

Elvis Costello had screwed up. It was 1984 when he headed out on a short solo tour after finishing his album “Goodbye Cruel ...

Spanning 70 years and towering roles as a musician, songwriter/ composer, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and more, Quincy ...

Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you.

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

The rest is, as they say, history. Jones would go on to arrange music for Frank Sinatra, childhood friend Ray Charles and ...

Darrell Ray Brown, founder and CEO of The Rewirement Project, leverages his illustrious 47-year career as a senior banking executive and DEIA advocate. At US Bank, he played a pivotal role in ...

Rashida said her father was “nocturnal his whole adult life” keeping to “jazz hours” which he had begun in high school. “When ...

Producer was known for producing Michael Jackson’s albums ‘Off the Wall’, ‘Thriller’ and ‘Bad’ during the Eighties, helping ...