Ray Nance recorded Body and Soul, his first album as a leader, in May 1969, almost thirty years after he took over Cootie Williams' trumpet chair in the Duke Ellington orchestra, but only about two ...

Jazz was coming off the period of its widest popularity—the big-band era—but a drop-off was imminent, and it would be especially pronounced among blacks. From the beginning, black jazz musicians ...

How have I only now, fifty-plus years after getting into jazz, stumbled upon the existence ... professional teachers are bringing music with a black base into our schools, without making a big ...

A move to Los Angeles in the late 1960s connected him with the Black Jazz record label, for which he recorded two era-defining albums: 1971’s Shawn-Neeq and 1974’s Proceed With Caution. He moved to ...

His first LP as a bandleader was 1973’s immortal Capra Black, released by Strata-East Records, a New York–based label revered for its contributions to the Afrocentric jazz canon. This is where ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

Crews are working nearly round the clock to get the stage set for The Black Academy of Arts and Letters 7th Annual Riverfront Jazz Festival this weekend. "The last four days are 18-hour days.

like the time that Juicy and Beck both guested on a Black Keys song earlier this year. But it’s still a little surprising to see Juicy J dropping what he calls a “jazz/hiphop album” today.

Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and religious spirituals in church. Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The ...

He was known for painting beautiful oil canvases depicting Black history and struggle with ... "My father loved old-school jazz and Billie Holiday. He painted many pictures of her, and took ...

Jazz Jennings is “almost 100 pounds lighter” and ready to celebrate. After publicly vowing to focus on her health two years ago, The “I am Jazz” star proved the power of her commitment as ...

Written in 1927 by Black poet and playwright Angelina Weld ... novel Nightwood and for her career as a journalist in 1920s Jazz Age Paris. Her poem “This Much and More” explores the “more ...