New World Symphony’s I Dream a World Festival, the annual celebration dedicated to showcasing the contributions of Black ...
The Delaware Art Museum returns visitors to the 1920s during “Jazz Age Illustration,” the first major exhibition of popular ...
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA) will play host to the 36th Annual Staten Island Jazz Festival, a ...
As the crisp autumn air settles in, London gears up for one of its most celebrated musical events: the 2024 EFG London Jazz ...
If the sight of a crowd in Baltimore singing along to an Arabic translation of a song written by a Hungarian immigrant to France and largely popularized by Black jazz musicians does not inspire some ...
Black jazz musicians, like Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, are sent to perform around the world as “ambassadors” of American good will and freedom ...
South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...
Hosting a holiday event that reflects African American culture can make the gathering feel even more special and meaningful.
Howard University alumna Christie Dashiell has earned her first Grammy Award nomination for her album “Journey In Black.” ...
Even as the plot moved towards a bloody denouement, the U.S. State Department was dispatching some of America's great Black ...