The city’s music is spiritual, searching and defiantly local, even when it spreads worldwide. Hear tracks from Yusef Lateef, ...

The legendary drummer James Gadson passed away last week. We celebrate him with cuts from Bill Withers, Diana Ross and more.

With Adrenalin — a band he formed in the late ’70s with his brother and several childhood friends — Pastoria enjoyed major-label status, landing a deal with MCA Records. By the turn of the ’90s, ...