Quincy Jones is State Department's first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push
Quincy Jones will receive the inaugural Peace Through Music Award at a launch event for the U.S. Department of Stateโs new Global Music Diplomacy Initiative.
Joni Mitchell, Amy Tan, N. Scott Momaday join arts academy
Joni Mitchell has received honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the century old institution where general inductees have ranged from Henry James and Georgia OโKeeffe to Sonny Rollins and Jasper Johns.
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George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
George Wein, one of the great impresarios of 20th century music who helped found the Newport jazz and folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, has died at 95.
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Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies
In this 2019 photo provided by Smoke Sessions Records, musician Jimmy Cobb poses for the release of his album "This I Dig of You" in New York City. (Courtesy of Smoke Sessions Records via AP)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. But Cobbs role as a drummer on the Kind of Blue jam session headed by Davis would forever change his career. It has sold more than 4 million copies and remains the best selling jazz album of all time. Cobb released his last album, This I Dig of You, with Smoke Sessions Records in August 2019.