Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century black music innovations, certain characteristics found in jazz do have their roots in much earlier musical traditions. Call and ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks ...

When the guitar genius died in 2015, he was hailed by President Obama as “the ambassador who brought his all-American music to the world”. Like jazz, the blues is truly an “all-American ...