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For David Bowie in 1983, art-rock and clown suits were in the past. He wanted to become a bona fide superstar. So he recruited the man nicknamed The Hitmaker

Ahmad Jamal was a jazz piano master whose feathery touch, lyrical elegance and pinpoint command of dynamics and the space between notes profoundly inspired Miles Davis and a host of other famous admirers. While he could play spirited cadenzas with the best of them, Jamal made saying more with less…

Ahmad Jamal, a towering and influential US pianist, composer and band leader whose career spanned more than seven decades and helped transform jazz, pop and hip-hop, has died at age 92. Jamal released about 80 albums, building friendships and influence with greats such as Miles Davis, and was sampled by…

Innovative pianist who preferred the term American classical music to jazz, and became a favourite of hip-hop artists

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The massively influential band have been plying their blend of jazz, funk, post-punk and pop for 45 years. But as they release new album, the founding members are in no mood for nostalgia

His wobbly blocks of high-key colours, painted while listening to Miles Davis, have made Whitney America’s greatest Black abstract artist. As a new show opens in the UK, he relives his tough early days

In an epic feat of improvisation, 12 players over three days reimagined the jazz great’s magnum opus

The writer, actor and legendary punk musician answers your questions on working with William Shatner and Al Pacino, the joy of lifting weights and Leeds’ best onion bhajis

Boasting an HSS layout and faded red satin lacquer finish, the new signature model replicates a legendary '59 Strat that's been used on albums by Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and hundreds of others

Black history and identity loom large in the work of Samuel Fosso and Arthur Jafa while Frida Orupabo offers strange, hybrid creations and Bieke Depoorter faces an ethical dilemma