The skinny: The seminal jazz funk combo, which spun off from Herbie Hancock’s transformational 1973 album “Head Hunters,” ...

Gerald Harper, who died on July 2 at the age of 96, was an actor who stormed both stage and television with his performances ...

Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s ...