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Kellylee Evans Receives Honorary Doctor of Music Degree From Ottawa's Carleton University #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/06/kellylee-evans-receives-honorary-doctor.html

The Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter delivered the convocation address to Carleton's graduating class and was recognized for a distingui...

Grammy Nominated Jazz Artist Danny Keane Releases 'Time To Go' From Upcoming Album, Kinesis #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/06/grammy-nominated-jazz-artist-danny.html

Kinesis album releases August 14 th , 2026 via MVKA Listen to ‘Time To Go’ HERE www.dannykeanemusic.com Award-winning multi-instrum...

Featuring collaborations with Haviah Mighty and Jim Cuddy, alongside four new recordings including lead single “Holiday” LISTEN TO “HOLIDAY”...

Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75 #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/06/peabo-bryson-known-for-duets-from.html

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and t...

Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown A SUPREME BLUE Two of the Greatest Albums Ever Made, as You've Never Heard Them #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/06/nicholas-payton-and-butcher-brown.html

Out digitally July 24 and on vinyl August 14 via Concord Jazz New single "Pursuance" available now: Listen / Watch Album pre-order/sa...

Composer Keyboardist Mark Stephens Issues a Rallying Cry for Unity on New Single Honoring America’s 250th Anniversary #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/05/composer-keyboardist-mark-stephens.html

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday this Fourth of July, GRAMMY ®‑nominated composer‑keyboardist Mark Stephens delivers a r...

#Eulogy: #Jazz colossus #SonnyRollins dies aged 95🕊
"Rollins was one of a handful of #saxophone players who defined the instrument, a pantheon that includes Charlie #Parker, Coleman #Hawkins & John #Coltrane..🎷🎶 He was dubbed the "Saxophone Colossus" after te title of his seminal 1956 album, in which he brought a new power to the instrument as he came to define hard bop -- a jazz that was intense & stripped back te genre's structural confines"
#RIP #mastomusic #mastojazz
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/3261164/jazz-colossus-sonny-rollins-dies-aged-95

Jazz Singer Carmen Jackson Revives a Family Classic with New “Bags’ Groove” Release #jazz #music http://jazzhq.blogspot.com/2026/05/jazz-singer-carmen-jackson-revives.html

Detroit vocalist Carmen Jackson honors her legendary uncle, NEA Jazz Master Milt Jackson , with the release of “Bags’ Groove,” a fresh, swi...

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting e...

Andy Rooney On How Memorial Day Should Be Celebrated The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News Correspondent Andy Rooney...