Artists
Von Freeman, NEA Jazz Master
The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.
GBMP Interview: Gavin Christopher
Gavin Christopher is a R&B singer and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois where he started out playing music at a very early age. Having been schooled by the likes of Oscar Brown Jr., Donny Hathaway and later on Curtis Mayfield, he honed his writing and singing skills and began his career, first in a band called Lyfe (which also included Chaka Khan).
Dee Alexander at Umbria Jazz 2011, Italy, July 8
Khari B is the PICK HIT OF THE MONTH for the Great Black Music Project
The Rockstar Poetry Project's 1st music video, "Being Me Is The Sh**!!!" shot by David Weathersby of sub.verse.studios at a live performance/house party/get-2gether illustrating how FUN life can B when YOU know that you R the sh**!
Length: 7:58
Saxophonist/Composer Edward WIlkerson, Jr. talks about "practice" for eyejazz.tv.
Tony Allen & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble behind the scenes Doc, London, UK
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble featured in New York Times Video
"The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble seems to live up to its name. This eight-piece band of street performers, seven of whom are the sons of the Sun Ra Arkestra trumpeter Kelan Phil Cohran, recently relocated from the South Side of Chicago to Queens. The young players perform daily outdoors and underground, most often in Union Square, Times Square and Columbus Circle."
By LILY KOPPEL
