Booker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life suddenly changed forever. David Porter, a fellow student and musician, told Jones he and his saxophone ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Here, at 926 East McLemore Avenue -- home of the now-defunct Stax Records studio and one of the most famous addresses in American music history -- the soul is returning to a rundown ...

The rise and fall of Stax Records, the influential but underdog label based in Memphis, is the subject of the HBO documentary “STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.” It is a story of musical genius but also racism, ...

You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax Records, like this one by Booker T. and the M.G.s, who played on a lot of other Stax recordings, including this beauty from Otis Redding.

Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., a four-part docuseries now streaming on Max, tells the story of the record label that integrated its business practices and personnel in the recording studio when its hometown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "We as a Black people have made something fantastic." Those words can be heard in "Ailey," a 2021 feature documentary directed by ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Wearing a blue suit, black hat and multi-colored socks, master keyboardist Booker T. Jones leaned away from the Hammond B3 organ, tilted his head back and worked the keys and ...

Five years before his untimely death, Elvis Presley entered the Stax recording studios in Memphis to record a series of tracks over the stretch of 12 days split into two sessions in July and December ...