In 1954, Mary Lou Williams was feeling burnt out. The pianist had been one of the true jazz modernists, pushing the boundaries at every turn. She was a mentor to the beboppers, she wrote one of ...

Among the game changers who overcame systemic roadblocks, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Nina Simone will be profiled. We’ll also be featuring todays’ most ...

Tonight on the Night Train – some Rufus Harley and an Unusual Instruments in Jazz Special for Bagpipes Day; music from March Featured Artist James Moody; bluegrass jazz from our Featured New Release ...

Party’s reaction to death of former IRA man Bik McFarlane sends unambiguous message to every member of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Photo ...

He’ll oversee another student concert on March 6, this one focused on boogie-woogie pieces by the likes of Mary Lou Williams and Count Basie. “I always use NEC as a kind of a lab, to try some ...

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 27, 2025 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell for Earl Udermann, age 85 of Sauk Rapids, who died Friday, March 21, 2025 at Quiet ...

M. Sanford “Sandy” Hodges passed away in a local hospital on March 18, 2025, due to complications from pneumonia surrounded ...

Alice Perry Strong, 79, of Plainsboro, died March 12 at Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro. Born in Princeton in 1945 to ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...

Mary Lou Hardee; and her brothers, Curtis Williams, Tony Williams, and Billy Williams. Shirley enjoyed bowling, board games, and family dinners. Shirley was a beautician and a physical education ...

Peter Wolf's book 'Waiting on the Moon' includes a fascinating chapter about Bob Dylan's early days in New York — Wolf took ...

David Leonard Wood, who has been on death row for more than 32 years, was scheduled to be executed Thursday in the deaths of six girls and young women found buried in shallow graves in Northeast El ...