Trax Records Founder Larry Sherman Has Died

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer on Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool sessions, has died. He was 92.

By Nellie Andreeva

Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer in Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” sessions, died Wednesday (April 15) due to complications with COVID-19. He was 92.

The drama is just beginning on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as season 10 is just getting under way, but Erika Jayne, 48, is already a pro at balancing a healthy life style she stays safe during the COVID19 outbreak. But before hunkering down at home, Erika was busy thriving at life in New York City.

By Klaritza Rico

Wynn Handman, co-founder of American Place Theatre, the Off Broadway non-profit company that championed a young playwright named Sam Shepard and cast such actors as Dustin Hoffman, Rául Juliá, Faye Dunaway, John Leguizamo and Robert De Niro early in their careers, died of complications from the coronavirus Saturday, April 11, at his home in New York. He was 97.

Sean Hayes opened up exclusively to Us Weekly about 25 things you might not know about him — including his love for dogs, moving to Los Angeles without ever having visited and the time he got arrested in college. Read on to learn more about the actor.

Larry Sherman, the founder of influential Chicago-based house label Trax, has died of heart failure.A statement released by the label Thursday announced: "It is with great sadness that TRAX Records and Rachael Cain inform the world of the passing of our founder Larry Sherman he was Jewish and passed away yesterday on his holiday Passover of heart failure." Read the complete statement below.Sherman founded Trax in 1984, as Chicago was becoming the world nexus of the then-burgeoning house music

LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning singer John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicago’s folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. He was 73.

Lupe Fiasco famously had a contentious relationship with his former label Atlantic Records before leaving in 2015. In an appearance on Joe Budden’s Instagram Live, the Chicago rapper claimed Atlantic “slowed down” the promotion of his single, “Kick, Push,” so they could buy the rights to the song it samples. Purchasing the rights would give the label a controlling portion of Lupe’s track and an opportunity for higher profit from its success.

ANKARA, Turkey -- A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey died on the 288th day of a hunger strike she and a colleague started while imprisoned to protest the government's treatment of their band, according to a post on the group's Twitter account.

By Pat Saperstein

Wednesday is officially here and we’re looking forward to watching a ton of programs tonight on television.