If a reggae instrumental compilation seems rather out of place in the context of a jazz site, rest assured that many of the players on these eighteen selections were or are major Jamaican jazz players ...

Those who know jazz pianists know that Monty Alexander is one of the best around. In his teens in his native Jamaica, Alexander soaked up the sounds of Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole. He went on to ...

The lovingly conceived, brilliantly executed, multi-platform Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae aims to achieve the same sort of museum piece-to-modernity transformation for Jamaican rocksteady that ...

*Los Angeles – The Jazz Reggae Festival has been an integral part of the UCLA and Los Angeles jazz and reggae communities for the past 29 years. In honor of the festival’s 30 th Anniversary, festival ...

Los Angeles' The Delirians want you to know that reggae music has healing powers. Armed with three studio albums and a new single, "Sweet Leaf," out March 1, the nine piece band mixes infectious… By ...

International reggae singer Maxi Priest says when the opportunity to record a version of Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley and the Wailers came up it was a decision that he didn’t regret. “I grew up with ...

TRAVERSE CITY — When Traverse City mandolinist Don Julin and bluegrass guitar phenom Billy Strings parted ways earlier this year, Julin wasted little time. He dove back into the jazz realm where he ...

Lee “Scratch” Perry, the eccentric, revolutionary Jamaican producer, songwriter and performer whose influence extended far beyond his historic role in the development of reggae music, died Sunday at a ...