On Feb. 9, 1961, Wichita Falls-born alto saxophonist and flutist Leo Wright appeared with Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in ...

On Saturday, January 25, 300 guests enjoyed a fantastic concert at the auditorium of the House of Culture when the Big BAAM ...

Already a three-time winner, jazz vocalist Samara Joy is up for two more Grammys at Sunday’s awards ceremony. Her latest ...

Jazz club Blues Alley celebrates its 60th anniversary with the return of big-name acts, straight-ahead jazz, and up-and-comer concerts.

When Wilson's band broke up in 1948, she joined Count Basie, and in 1949, Dizzy Gillespie. Her writing and arranging were formidable, and after Dizzy's big band folded in 1957, she stayed busy in New ...

5-3 Big Ten) Champaign, Illinois; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maryland plays No. 17 Illinois after Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points in Maryland’s 69-66 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Hudson’s recordings served as the basis of both for the seminal Dylan and the Band album “The Basement Tapes,” officially released in 1975, and “Music From Big Pink,” the Band’s 1967 d ...

1968, West Saugerties, just outside Woodstock. In a remote house called Big Pink, a motley band of multi-instrumentalists have gone from backing frantic rockabilly cat Ronnie Hawkins as The Hawks, to ...

When the Hawks officially became the Band in 1967 with their debut LP, Music From Big Pink, Hudson immortalized the Lowery’s church-like pipe-organ tone with “Chest Fever” (sometimes ...

The Band recorded its first album, “Music From Big Pink,” in 1968. With the release of a follow-up, “The Band,” in 1969, the group’s distinctive mix of rock, r&b and country became a ...

The last original member of the Band died this week at 87 ... Hudson hadn’t stepped foot on the Big Pink grounds since the Sixties. But the owners weren’t around that day, and he didn ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ... before going on the court. I was a bit dizzy at times. I don’t want to go into details.” ...