By Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times (TNS) After treading cautiously through the realm of hip-hop for nearly four decades, the Recording Academy belatedly has embraced the genre wholeheartedly in its most...

Branford Marsalis on youth, age and keeping the fire By Howard Reich Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO — A few years ago, saxophonist Branford Marsalis had a problem. Jeff “Tain” Watts,...