Johnson, a pioneering Black musician born in Philadelphia in 1792, was the first African American composer to publish sheet ...

Yet a group of six guys from Scotland are among the most influential figures in the contemporary sound of all those genres, and that's despite literally being called the Average White Band.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Central High School Jazz Band placed first at the Essentially Ellington International High School Jazz Band Competition in New York.

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RICHMOND - There is a whole lot happening in Richmond this week. What started out as a bunch of local dairymen bringing their best Holsteins to be judged early on has turned into a prestigious ...

But some on social media are turning the term on its head after a white woman used it to describe her weariness with all things she calls “ghetto.” “Black fatigue is real. I think society as ...

Beneath it was a framed photo of a Black ... a jazz trombone. The adornments of his life told an unfinished story of an American proud of his Chinese and Black heritage. Near a black-and-white ...

Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from. Ollie Liddell, the director of bands at Central High, wasn’t sure how his jazz band would get to the Essentially Ellington contest at ...

Memphis Central High School's jazz band won first place at the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in New York. The band also won awards for Outstanding Trumpet ...

He is focused on each pitch. And you can notice something on his right arm: a thin black band on his forearm, right below the elbow. This is the PULSE Throw workload monitor, a device sold by ...

However, we found no proof of Leo's alleged "double life" as a trombone player in a jazz band. The story appeared to come from an online music forum where the author called the claim "a joke ...