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Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

Annie Zaleski

Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse known for her octave-defying voice and mesmerizing stage moves, has died at the age of 83. She died Wednesday in her home in…

Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors: Tiny Desk Concert

Suraya Mohamed

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett has been a significant player in jazz for more than 30 years. He's played with the best: Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd,…

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

Martin Johnson

For most jazz performers, a song is part of a performance. For Ahmad Jamal, each song was a performance. Over the course of a remarkable eight-decade career, Jamal, who passed…

Imagine a Place Where You Belong!

Tune in during the 11am hour today, as Tree King continues to inform us during Autism Awareness month. We are interviewing Jaci Smith, mom and director of Operations of the…

Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89

NPR-Felix Contreras

Updated March 2, 2023 1:58 PM ET Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the singular sounds in contemporary jazz over more than…

Martin Luther King Jr. — Events

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is commemorated in The Mile High City every January with what has grown to be one of the largest MLK Jr. Day…

Unfurling of 'Sacred Cloth' at Colorado Springs City Hall sparks important conversations

by Dana Knowles, Lindsey Ford/RMPBS

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Tiara Kelley stood outside the entrance of City Hall in Colorado Springs and described how she was feeling after the mass shooting at Club Q on…

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, has died at 96

Updated September 8, 2022 at 3:08 PM ET Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven decades on the throne of the United Kingdom was a longer reign than any other British monarch,…

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51

Nate Chinen

Joey DeFrancesco, who brought the richly enveloping sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back into the jazz mainstream in the early 1990s, reigning as its preeminent ace for more…

1st Annual Nederland Jazz & Wine Festival

Nederland Jazz & Wine Festival downtown Nederland We are putting a slight twist on the typical wine festival music by focusing on the complex harmonies and syncopated rhythms of Jazz.…

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