"Afro Blue" is a jazz standard written by Mongo Santamaria in 1959, with a lyric added later by Oscar Brown Jr. It's been performed countless times, by everyone from John Coltrane to Robert Glasper ...

Time brings perspective. The three members of the Swedish band Gush—pianist Sten Sandell, drummer Raymond Strid and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson—were amazed at the quality of the music on this archive ...

2011 has been a big year for Afro Blue, Howard University’s premiere jazz vocal ensemble. They’ve performed multiple times at the Kennedy Center and collaborated with the legendary Bobby McFerrin in ...

The album's eponymous track, Afro Blue, is a bravado rendition of the Mongo Santamaria classic, featuring the fire and swing that Mabern and his band were known for joined by acclaimed vocalist ...

A “behind the scenes” look into what it’s like to be a member of this dynamic ensemble. Afro Blue, Howard University’s premier vocal jazz ensemble, invites you to a “behind the scenes” look into what ...

Robert Glasper is back at it again. The producer and Grammy-nominated keyboardist has teamed up with platinum-selling recording artist Erykah Badu from the first track of his new album, Black Radio ...

I love the album cover for multi-hyphenate Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album, 1974’s Afro Blue. Dee Dee is a Grammy-award winning singer, actor, philanthropist, etc. She’s bad bad. Just like this ...

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