I recently penned a tribute to the late Andre Harrell for Soultracks, the biggest website devoted to Soul Music. You can read it here. If you are a fan of old school legends like Heavy D & The Boyz, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Teddy Riley & Guy, Al B. Sure!, Mary J. Blige, Eddie F., Dave Hall, Jodeci, Father M.C., you probably heard them thanks to Harrell.

Join us on this Sunday for a special tribute to the late John “Jay” Edwards, host of Jazz Tones. Beginning at 2 pm, Debb Moore will kick off our tribute to Jay on The Sunday Jazz Suite with reflections from his fellow WCLK on air personalities and colleagues. Then at 3pm, Jamal Ahmad will host Jazz Tones, playing the music that Jay loved. You’ll hear from artists, members of the Jazz community, and you the listeners as we read some of your comments left here at wclk.com.

The Atlanta Jazz Festival continues to deliver a-list music through its AJFSessions TONIGHT with the trio Gritz and Jelly Butter at 9 P.M. The beat goes on Saturday evening at 9 p.m. with saxophonist Avery Dixon and singing siren Kathleen Bertrand performs on Sunday at 9 p.m. The program is is part of AJF's 31 Days of Jazz Series. 

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is in development with Lionsgate on a spin-off of the network’s critically-acclaimed hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf” from award-winning creator and executive producer Craig Wright. The network revealed the development news with a spin-off teaser spot.

TV One celebrates Black Music Month with the debut of its original documentary, THE BEAT DON'T STOP, airing on Sunday, June 21 at 8 P.M. ET/7C, followed by an encore presentation at 10 P.M. ET/9C. The long-awaited documentary was a year in the making and highlights the history and legacy of Go-go music. It features trailblazers, legends and stars who have championed the sound throughout the decades.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the OWN Spotlight special presentation  of Dark Girls 2,  will premiere on Tuesday June 30 at 10 p.m. EST. (immediately following the network’s hit drama Greenleaf). The powerful documentary is a follow up to the highly-touted “Dark Girls,” and explores the prejudices darker-skinned women face around the world. `The film is directed, written and executive produced by D. Channsin Berry (Dark Girls, The Black Line) and his production company Urban Winter Entertainment, Inc. 

Caught In A Groove is the debut single from Nils and the title track from his new full length release on Baja/TSR Records.  It’s a funky number that features Nils literally caught in a groove as depicted in the video. It’s Jazz, Blues and just the kind of song you can’t get enough of. It was a one listen for me and I knew the listeners of Jazz 91.9 WCLK needed to get caught in this groove.