Arts Jun 19 New jazz fellowship honors long-time musicians who often struggle financially By Lena I. Jackson, Jeffrey Brown
Arts Jul 21 Watch 3:52 Remembering the life and legendary career of Tony Bennett Tony Bennett, one of the greatest singers of American standards, died Friday at the age of 96. A combat infantryman who helped liberate a concentration camp during World War II, he came back to New York in 1946 and was… By Jeffrey Brown, Murrey Jacobson, Dorothy Hastings
Arts Feb 19 Watch 6:23 Wynton Marsalis meets the moment with jazz and a focus on the nation’s founding principles Trumpet player, composer and jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis is one of the country’s leading cultural figures. He is again meeting the moment with music, writing and recording his new composition "The Democracy! Suite" amid the pandemic. Jeffrey Brown has the… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts May 26 Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer for Miles Davis, dies Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. By Russell Contreras, Associated Press
Episode Mar 03 Watch 22:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 3, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, March 3, Florida considers gun restrictions, and how political conflict contributes to famine. Also, female jazz musicians bring attention to sexism in the music industry. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. By PBS News Hour