Marcus Miller

32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…

BAM R&B Fest 2018: free Brooklyn daytime Metrotech concert lineup

Like every year, the series offers a variety of jazz, soul, and R&B lunchtime concerts that are free and open to the public.

Michael McDonald preps new LP, touring, playing Carnegie Hall

One of the most ubiquitous voices of the ’70s and ’80s, Michael McDonald had hits with The Doobie Brothers and on solo record, as well as lending his distinctive pipes to records by Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross…

Jon Batiste led a musical tribute to Allen Toussaint at City Winery (pics)

Over the weekend, NYC celebrated the spirit and music of New Orleans music icon Allen Toussaint with a show at City Winery. This was originally supposed to have been an actual Toussaint show before he tragically, unexpectedly died while on tour in Europe…

PICS: Benefit For the John & Alice Coltrane Home (w/ Elvis Costello, Carlos Santana, Ravi Coltrane & many more)

The home was the place where Coltrane wrote A Love Supreme, one of the greatest jazz compositions ever. There was a studio in the basement that certainly heard some of the greatest music of the 20th century…