Fela Kuti is renowned as the innovator of Afrobeat, a creative blend of his native West African music, James Brown funk, and big horn jazz rhythms that were meant for more than just jump up dance and ...

Jazz Highlights for Record Store Day 2025 article by Kyle Simpler, published on April 3, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more ...

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The Wharton Center will host “Jazz at Lincoln Center: New Orleans Songbook” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. The soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras will live in this celebration ...

Tons of music continues to orbit around Sun Ra. Here some fascinating new and archival recordings.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus both cause joint pain and stiffness. Despite some similarities, it’s easy for doctors to distinguish them. RA has more debilitating effects on the joints.

A note to those who feel, not without merit, that popular culture is getting so stiflingly politically correct and even “woke” that it is being strangled to death: In 1989, when I published my book ...

We may not all find the same things funny but all cultures in the world laugh. Why do we love dogs? Dogs evolved from wolves but why did they choose us humans to be their best friends? 10 Places ...

Evans played with Sun Ra – jazz’s most far-out thinker – in 1955, and went on to work with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. Switching to electric bass, in the early 60s he began writing ...