Marsalis: Politics influenced new album
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On Wynton Marsalis' upcoming CD, he criticizes political leadership in America, cultural corruption, and sex and violence in rap &#151; and that's just on one song.
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The Grammys could take a rare step into the political arena on Sunday if the Dixie Chicks win the coveted album-of-the-year award, as observers of the music industry's biggest honors are predicting.
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A few composers are seeing new possibilities for percussion concertos. At least four such pieces are scheduled in the US over the next month.
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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Led by Wynton Marsalis, a swinging group of musicians belted out "When the Saints Go Marching In" as they strutted down Broadway to kick off the opening of the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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A documentary grab bag of film clips, diary readings and desultory narration, âA Journey of Dmitry Shostakovichâ peeks at the politics of this controversial composer.
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Ornette Coleman has always kept ahead of the curve, even as a teenager back in Fort Worth, Texas, when he'd play hot jazz licks on the saxophone and get a scolding from his church band leader.
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This year's Grammy Awards  tabulations reveal again, especially in jazz, that David-like  lean slays Goliath-like bulk. Case in point: the upstart Zoho  Music label, which boasted two nominations in the Latin jazz  category.
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Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of  the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton  and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New  Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.
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In one of the most politically charged election years in US history, the majority of musicians speaking their minds seem energised to vote President George W Bush out of office but a number of notable performers are bucking the left-leaning industry trend
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The release of their latest album is a test of the band that is determined not to fade.
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Let the news ring out from Lincoln Center. Send word by satellite radio. Trumpet it in Times Square. An exciting new era was born at the staid old Metropolitan Opera on Monday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Life!) - The Grateful Dead, the San Francisco cult rock band that has played at political events since the 1960s, will reunite on Monday for the first time in four years to rally support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, a spokesman said on Friday.
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Tom Scholz, the chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston, has written to Mike Huckabee, complaining of his use of the groupâs 1976 song âMore Than a Feelingâ in his presidential campaign without permission, The Associated Press reported. A former band member, Barry Goudreau, has played the song with Mr. Huckabee at campaign events. Mr. Scholz, who supports Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, for president, objects to the implication that the band has endorsed the candidacy of Mr. Huckabee, a Republican. âYou have taken something of mine and used it to promote ideas to which I am opposed,â Mr. Scholz wrote. âIn other words, I think Iâve been ripped off, dude!â In response, Fred Bramante, who was chairman of Mr. Huckabeeâs New Hampshire primary campaign, said: âGovernor Huckabee plays âSweet Home Alabama.â Does that mean Lynyrd Skynyrd is endorsing him?â.
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Choosing a theme song for a political  campaign may sound fun but can produce plenty of sour notes.
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Passages from a folk legendÂs latest album, ÂModern Times,Â echo a 19th-century ConfederateÂs verses.
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Jazz, Pop, and Country all make an appearance in this week's roundup of new releases.