This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening ...

When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, she was already an icon in the ...

MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.

Members of The Sainted Trap Choir rehearse a dance choreography in a church in uptown ahead of their performance at the Knight Theater on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. A festival aimed at amplifying ...

Whitaker said one important element of the program is that he teaches jazz as a part of the Black experience in America. “We teach jazz music from ... as well – jazz history from a Black ...

Celebrating Black History Month, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, Joe Nuxhall Way, ...

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, West Germany, which went on to make music history: a recording of the concert became ...