"Afro Blue" is a jazz standard written by Mongo Santamaria in 1959, with a lyric added later by Oscar Brown Jr. It's been performed countless times, by everyone from John Coltrane to Robert Glasper ...

2011 has been a big year for Afro Blue, Howard University’s premiere jazz vocal ensemble. They’ve performed multiple times at the Kennedy Center and collaborated with the legendary Bobby McFerrin in ...

The album's eponymous track, Afro Blue, is a bravado rendition of the Mongo Santamaria classic, featuring the fire and swing that Mabern and his band were known for joined by acclaimed vocalist ...

Time brings perspective. The three members of the Swedish band Gush—pianist Sten Sandell, drummer Raymond Strid and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson—were amazed at the quality of the music on this archive ...

A “behind the scenes” look into what it’s like to be a member of this dynamic ensemble. Afro Blue, Howard University’s premier vocal jazz ensemble, invites you to a “behind the scenes” look into what ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. On last night's episode of NBC's THE SING-OFF, Afro-Blue became the most recent ...

Every day between now and March 16, Song of the Day will showcase a track by an artist playing the South by Southwest music festival. For NPR Music's full coverage of SXSW — complete with full-length ...

Fifty years is a lifetime for some, but John Coltrane accomplished so much in his short life, having died at the age of 40 in 1967. On October 22, 1963, and November 2, of the same year, he was on a ...

WASHINGTON – Afro Blue, Howard University’s award-winning vocal ensemble, made it through the second round of the hit NBC a cappella talent show series The Sing-Off. This week, the talented group ...

I love the album cover for multi-hyphenate Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album, 1974’s Afro Blue. Dee Dee is a Grammy-award winning singer, actor, philanthropist, etc. She’s bad bad. Just like this ...