Choosing the right materials is essential for crafting authentic African brass sculptures. Artisans usually use high-quality ...

New Orleans always has been a melting pot -- and our music shows it. We've spawned everything from the "Spanish tinge" heard in Jelly Roll Morton recordings to the bouncing blend of rap, R&B and ...

UC Santa Cruz will celebrate the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane’s iconic Africa/Brass with jazz virtuoso Charles Tolliver joining the UC Santa Cruz Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Choir in a reimagining of ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Malachi Thompson’s eleventh recording as leader shamelessly dwells in the blues, drinking deeply from that source of inspiration. Blue Jazz keeps the free-bop band alive within the larger Africa Brass ...

On the edge of the historic Treme neighborhood and steps from Congo Square, the seven-piece ensemble Africa Brass will celebrate the beginning of the New Orleans Jazz Fest tonight with a show that ...

At the beginning of the 20th century in Jacqueville near Abidjan in the Côte dIvoire traditional music was forbidden by the missionaries But the inhabitants enjoyment of their local festivals proved ...