A glance through the track list--with covers of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and two swing-era vocal standards--could give you the wrong impression. Yes, this is a very accessible and soulful album, ...

In the fall of 2012, the Painted Bride Art Center commissioned trumpeter Josh Lawrence, bassist Jason Fraticelli and drummer Anwar Marshall to collaborate and compose new music for a large 10-piece ...

Already billed as “legendary” on the sole album he recorded, in 1964, the pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali was an uncompromising musician from Philadelphia who was esteemed enough to commandeer a thorny trio ...