Pee Wee Ellis, born Alfred Ellis in Bradenton, Florida, was a saxophonist and composer who significantly influenced James ...

The Chicago jazz musician has joined the Broadway cast of the Tony-award musical “Hadestown” as Hermes. “It's rejuvenating, ...

In 1962, James Brown made the leap from rising star to musical icon with a single performance at midnight in the Apollo ...

The second annual international jazz festival opens Thursday in San Diego, continues Saturday in Escondido and Sunday in ...

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When The Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...

Earlier this summer, KQED in partnership with LaRussell and Good Compenny hosted a Bay Area Music Showcase in Vallejo. After more than 200 submissions, five artists from the Bay Area were selected to ...

WACO, Texas — Baylor University is mourning the loss of Brett James, the Hall of Fame songwriter behind country music hits for Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney, after he died in a plane crash ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning country music songwriter behind “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “When the Sun Goes Down,” has died in a North Carolina plane crash, according to local media reports. He was ...

The plane was registered to Brett Cornelius, also known as country musician Brett James. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame confirmed that James died in the crash. The plane took off from ...

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James Cornelius died at 57 in a small-engine plane crash. The plane, registered to Cornelius, crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina. James was known for ...