The Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz Is Now The Herbie Hancock Institute Of Jazz
The name change is as fitting as it is surprising — Hancock has served as the board chairman of the Monk Institute for the last 15 years.
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Behind The Eye Of Hardy Fox, Composer For America's Weirdest Band
Emerging from the soup of groovy San Francisco, The Residents went on to outweird them all. Last week, one of the group's co-founders and its central composer died at 73 — but not anonymously.
American Anthem: The Staying Power Of 'La Bamba'
For generations of Mexican-Americans, what we now know as Ritchie Valens' mega hit has long been an anthem of cultural pride and resistance. (This piece initially aired Oct. 14, 2018 on ATC).
Minus Posh, Spice Girls Reunite To Go On Tour
The British pop group is going on tour for the first time in a decade. They were hoping to get the fifth member, Victoria Beckam to join, but she said her business commitments would keep her away.
Mac Miller Died From Overdose Involving Fentanyl, Coroner Finds
The Los Angeles medical examiner said cocaine and ethanol were also present at the time of death.
Watch 3 Rare Prince Videos For 'Endorphinmachine,' 'Rock And Roll Is Alive,' 'Dolphin'
The Prince Estate has announced that it will be digitally uploading videos from the artist's visual archive on a weekly basis.
Grammy-Winning Trumpeter Roy Hargrove Dies At 49
Roy Hargrove died Friday night in New York City. The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his longtime manager. Hargrove had been admitted to the hospital for reasons related to kidney function.
For Her 'SNL' Debut, Maggie Rogers Performs 'Light On' And 'Fallingwater'
Just two years after her breakout single turned her from college student to professional, the down-to-earth singer seemed calm and confident on the Studio 8H stage.
Roy Hargrove, Grammy-Winning Jazz Trumpeter, Dies At 49
Hargrove first emerged in the late 1980s, at a cultural moment when his precocity and poise amounted to a form of currency in jazz, quickly earning the approval of the genre's elders.
Hear The Beatles In Rehearsal, Looking Through A 'Glass Onion'
Hear an early, behind-the-scenes recording of The Beatles working on "Glass Onion," the third track from what would become the band's 1968, self-titled "White Album."