Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Jazz thrives in cities with history: New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago. These cities are also places where you’d expect a new festival to pop up and have success, taking full advantage of a ...

This virtuoso trumpeter bridged jazz, hip-hop, R&B and soul on his own records and in collaborations with D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and the Roots. Listen to 13 selections. Credit...Illustration by Dante ...

Linda Diaz and LA Buckner work together to break down how these two genres cross-pollinate Hip hop’s foundation and evolution owe itself to jazz. And it’s reciprocal. Jazz has borrowed from all facets ...

The end of February brings us the second installment of a new series at the Crocker Art Museum, tracing the connectivity of jazz, soul and hip-hop — but there’s much to get to before that.

Still, this trio only makes up a fraction of the breadth of music that emerged from this city in the past century. THE HOUSTON HOT 100: Here's a playlist of 100 of our favorite Houston singers and ...

Kassa Overall loves jazz. He also loves hip-hop. On the bandleader and drummer's new album, CREAM, he marries those worlds to offer a unique spin on '90s rap. Overall is in essence referencing the ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Andre 3000 attends "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", the 2025 Costume Institute Benefit, at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor ...

The Crocodile might’ve waddled a few blocks north, but opposite the old venue at Second Avenue and Blanchard Street, a new music night is taking shape in the heart of Belltown. In the summer of 2024, ...

Separated by decades but bound by spirit, both Black-American art forms thrive on improvisation. Their fusion is conversation, intergenerational and unforced. There’s a scene in The Get Down, ...