In 2011 New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton set fire to social media with his outspoken views on the death of jazz, race and Black American music. The backdraft produced not only fiercely opposing ...

Disc 1: Tape Intro; Afro-Caribbean Mix; ACM Remix 1; #BAMboula; Intro to Kimathi; Jazz is a Four-Letter Word; La Guajira; El Guajiro; ACM Remix 2; Madmwazel Ayiti; Kimathi (Main Theme); Disc 2:Jewel; ...

Joy, an award-winning instrumentalist of Antiguan and Barbudan descent, treats the steelpan as a tool for engagement, anchoring her artistry in a profound, community-centered musical tradition. Her ...

At the end of the liner notes for his new album, Afro-Caribbean Mixtape, Nicholas Payton writes, "In Black culture, there is no beginning or ending, so feel free to let the tape run again, and again, ...

This mixtape makes so much sense that we can't believe it didn't already exist. Bombé and Mr. Caribbean work together to mash-up James Blake's vocodered dubstep croon with Drake's late night raps, and ...

Early in a recent performance at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, within Jazz at Lincoln Center, a casual listener might have assumed Nicholas Payton to be a keyboardist with a fondness for Fender Rhodes ...