What’s wrong with the word “jazz”? According to a number of New Orleans musicians, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Nicholas Payton has come to feel that “black American music” better describes his ...

When the doors of the new Blue Note Jazz Club in Los Angeles opened with Robert Glasper’s sold-out performances, it set the tone for what the venue aims to be: a cultural anchor for jazz on the West ...

As the scion of an illustrious clan at the center of Black New Orleans culture, Chief Adjuah knows first-hand that it’s never too early to start passing on the tradition. The award-winning trumpeter, ...

Nat Geo Explorer and archaeologist Justin Dunnavant sits down with Grammy-nominated trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah to discuss ancestral memory, creating new instruments, and stretch music—an ...

Six-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award winner Chief Adjuah brought “stretch music” —his own jazz-rooted, culture-combining musical style — to campus on Friday evening. Adjuah performed ...