A Lawrence-based jazz artist is getting national recognition for more than just his sound. For Brandon Meeks, jazz is deeply ...

During the grand finale of the third annual International Jazz Day concert—held last week in Osaka, Japan—more than 35 jazz musicians stretched across an elaborate stage in Osaka Castle Park and ...

The Grammy-nominated trumpeter talks about his latest album and how a residency in Shanghai helped him shed his inhibitions ...

CAPE MAY - Fighting injustice could be why black Americans are known for blues and jazz. Jazz gave blacks a type of music with few boundaries in their quest for freedom and equality. "Jazz is a little ...

American blues musician Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker (1910 - 1975), UK, 3rd March 1965. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Evening Standard / Getty Images The historical ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Peacock Café in downtown Toledo is honoring Black History Month and the contributions of Black Americans through a series of jazz and soul performances. Beginning Feb. 20 and ...

Through its partnership with the NBA Foundation, Jazz at Lincoln Center uses the power of music to educate, inspire and connect communities. Alyssa Squires, NBA.com JALC education program participants ...

Black Music Month serves as a period to celebrate the rhythmic essence and soulful legacy of Black musicians who contributed to the global soundscape. As the month comes to a close, BLACK ENTERPRISE ...

TRAFFIC UPDATE COMING UP IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, A LOCAL MUSIC ACADEMY IS TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT BLACK CULTURE IN JAZZ. AND THIS MORNING, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI SITTING DOWN WITH ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Harry Pace saw that there was profit to be made by Black people producing and distributing music for Black people. —Willie Ruff, musician and professor emeritus, Yale University Preamble: In 2020, I ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979. With ...