The name has obvious political resonance. Indeed, the raison d'être of the Black Art Jazz Collective, the sextet founded by Wayne Escoffery, Jeremy Pelt and Jonathon Blake in 2013, is to celebrate ...

Jazz is the only true American art form. Jazz grew out of the great mix in and around New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th Century. Most of these early, often nameless, musicians were Black.

It was against the law for black and white musicians to play together.” Neville, of the Grammy-winning Neville Brothers, along with a host of jazz musicians will be performing ... and the role of ...

Black musicians were fighting discrimination and segregation on the bandstand. During the Jim Crow era in America, the world of jazz was one of the only places where Black and white people mixed ...

the streets of the Five Points neighborhood of Denver will be lined with art galleries, echoing the sounds of jazz music and smelling of culinary delights as Denverites celebrate Black History Month.

His groundbreaking 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall is often credited with legitimizing jazz as a respectable art form. Goodman was also a trailblazer in integrating black and white musicians in his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Black History Month ...

entertaining attendees from around the region from June 7 to 9. The 2024 Capital Jazz Fest captured the essence of Black music, art and culture, and brought out thousands from around the D.C ...

Local 4 was joined by artist Gasby Brown. She's a self-taught artist and Detroit native whose art will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Design in Detroit.