Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and producer whose velvety contralto voice and ...

Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson has passed away at age 70. Born in Jackson on Dec. 4, 1955, Wilson began her playing career at age 6, when she started playing piano. At 12, she learned ...

Mississippi native and award-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 70 at her Jackson, Mississippi, home. Wilson's longtime manager, Robert Torre, confirmed her death in a ...

Jackson, Mississippi-native Cassandra Wilson, a two-time Grammy winner and renowned jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. Wilson was 70.

Cassandra Wilson, a Grammy-winning jazz singer known for her genre-defying voice, has died at 70. Her innovative style and ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Saxophonist Donald Harrison, when he listens to the earliest jazz recordings, hears even older sounds. In the playing of those Black musicians from the early 20th century, Harrison ...

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

When Jackson bassist Raphael Semmes and Tripp Douglas, who is the owner of Fusion Coffeehouse (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite A, Ridgeland), created the Fusion Jazz Series 10 years ago, they had a ...

The research into music programming for concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center has always been top-notch, providing important informational fodder for reviewers. Perhaps none has been as significant and ...

A university jazz festival, a costume designer, producer and a gospel group will be among the recipients of the Mississippi Arts Commission’s annual governor’s art awards early next year. The governor ...

Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, died at 70 in Jackson, Mississippi. Her ...