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 ...

Les McCann, a legendary soul-jazz pianist and singer whose work was often sampled by hip-hop producers, has died. McCann’s manager told NBC News he died Friday at a Los Angeles-area hospital after ...

Les McCann, a prominent musician and recording artist, passed away at the age of 88 in Los Angeles, a week after being hospitalized for pneumonia. McCann, a Lexington, Kentucky, native, was a ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Jazz lovers, mark your calendars! The City of West Palm Beach is bringing a little jazz into the summer season. Every third Wednesday of the month, the city is hosting, ...

Les McCann stood only 5 foot 7, but he was a towering figure when he sang and played piano. The rousing brand of soul-jazz he helped pioneer in the 1950s and ’60s inspired several generations of ...

Swing & Soul is the second in a series of recordings by Blue Moods, one of the projects initiated by Posi-Tone Records producer Marc Free to attract new listeners to jazz. The release showcases a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE: A jazz festival on the sand doesn’t normally strike fear in people. But when the Oceans of Soul Jazz Festival came before commissioners for approval, neighborhood leader Bill Brown ...

A 19-year-old Labor Day tradition for Charleston is just around the corner. For almost two decades, the Lowcountry Jazz Festival has delivered some of the biggest soul-jazz and smooth-jazz performers ...

North Sea Jazz Festival 2025 article by Giovanni Guadalupi, published on January 16, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

Legendary jazz singer Marlena Shaw, known for her songs "California Soul" and "Woman of the Ghetto" died at the age of 81 on Friday, her daughter announced in a video on Facebook. "It's with a very ...