The Grammy-winning collaborative the Roots, now known for being Jimmy Fallon's house band, have had plenty of ups but just as many downs in their career.
Funerals take on many different forms around the world across various cultures, and not all of them are somber and quiet. Enter New Orleans' jazz funerals.
Miles Davis' reported reaction to Wayne Shorter's musical contributions speaks volumes to Shorter's work, as well as the creative relationship the two had.
"Jelly Roll" Morton may or may not have "invented" jazz, as he claimed, but he was undeniably one of the great jazz innovators in American music history.
If you ever wondered where DJ Jazzy Jeff's been since he and Will Smith parted ways as an official duo, then read on, as this spin master has been up to a lot.
John Coltraine was one of the most iconic and influential jazz musicians of all time. His death rocked the music world but the cause is still misunderstood.
Around the time of the first Oscar ceremony in 1929, going to the movies looked and sounded entirely different. Up to that point, films had all been silent.
Armando Antonio Zacconi Corea, best known to the world as Chick Corea, was without a doubt one of the finest, most virtuosic, penultimate masters of his craft.