Chance the Rapper is being sued by a New York jazz musician who claims the rapper sampled a “significant portion” of his work on the song “Windows” without his permission. Abdul Wali Muhammad filed the copyright infringement lawsuit in Chicago claiming that Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, sampled his song titled “Bridge Through Time.” Muhammad composed the song […]
Pete Rock’s informal relationship with jazz legend Roy Ayers began in the 1990s when he sampled his song “Searching” for his song of the same…
TMZ got a chance to catch up with Alfonso Ribeiro who played Carlton Banks on “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” alongside the late actor James…
Robert Glasper was not a stranger to The Grammys, but this night in February of 2013 was a little different. Three years prior, the…
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Hamlet Avenue at Bridges Street, Hamlet, NC When: September 23, 1926 What: The iconic jazz saxophonist and composer is known as one of the greatest influences on the birth and development of jazz, receiving many posthumous awards and recognitions, including canonization by the African Orthodox Church as […]
jive (origin unknown) – 1. the jargon of jazz musicians or enthusiasts. 2. deceptive, nonsensical or glib talk. 3. to play or dance to jive music.
