MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.

The concert will take place on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3 p.m. in MSU’s Fairchild Theatre, and the program will be performed by MSU ...

A phone interview is scheduled with Rodney Whitaker, the native Detroiter hailed as one of the greatest jazz double bass artists on the planet, for a Saturday morning. Don’t want to call too early.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Jazz music filled the Fair Child Theater at Michigan State University on Sunday. The MSU College ...

Work to Do; Speak to My Heart; For Garrison; Giving Thanks; What's Going On; Eleanor Rigby; With You I'm Born Again; Grahamstown; A Time For Love; Relativity; For Garrison (bonus track). Carl Allen: ...

Save for a pair of co-led albums with bassist Rodney Whitaker, it's been more than two decades since master drummer Carl Allen released an album under his own name. Rectifying the situation, he ...

Born on the east side of Detroit and now living in Lansing, Rodney Whitaker, 57, an internationally known jazz bassist, was being inducted as an esteemed member of the organization. The director ...

Director of Jazz Studies Rodney Whitaker will be conducting this year’s program; he is also responsible for the theme and music choices. Whitaker has been involved from the very first concert.