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This segment of Access Houston we welcome Vandolyn Esparza from the Children’s Museum of Houston. Vandolyn let’s us know about their partnership with the city of Houston’s Health Department initiative called Houston Basics, five simple ways to build your baby’s brain. Our next conversation is with the interim board president of Jazz Education Inc., Lloyd […]

Jarreau, most famous for the single “We're In This Love Together,” died in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 76 years old.

"It is a tremendous honor to even be considered for this very prestigious award," said Miranda in a statement. "To win today for Hamilton is beyond my wildest dreams."

Pianist and composer Joe Sample, a founding member of the genre-crossing Jazz Crusaders who helped pioneer the electronic jazz-funk fusion style, has died. He was…

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…

Remember when a remix was more than just slapping forty-five new regional voices to the same beat to get more spins on the radio? Well…

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.