CHICAGO -- Tina Fey, Angela Bassett and Phylicia Rashad all lend their voices to characters in the new Pixar movie "Soul," streaming on Disney+ starting on Christmas. Jamie Foxx plays a band teacher ...

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May 30 is International Jazz Day. Jazz was born in early 1900s New Orleans, where African American musicians mixed blues, ragtime and a whole lot of soul into something brand new. With legends like ...

Jazz is synonymous with improvisation, but in many cases, it's also about adaptation. This means not just adjusting to new times and social changes, but also frequently reinterpreting songs from its ...

In May 2025 Japan welcomed an estimated 3.693 million visitors, marking a surge in global fascination with the country—up 125% (more than double!) compared to a decade ago. Many come for the exquisite ...

*“We each are responsible for three songs,” said Grammy nominated Everette Harp (Luther Vandross, Patti Labelle, George Duke), the legendary Contemporary Jazz saxophonist from Houston, Texas, about ...

When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for the funky, window-rattling grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. For the ...