Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

Now in its 20th year, the Scranton Jazz Festival will celebrate a milestone in its history with three days of live jazz, blues and world beat music, August 1 to 3 in Downtown Scranton.

Having immersed himself as a teen in jazz's bandleader era, Quincy Jones credited one instrument with ending its rigid ...

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 ...

The listing appeared suddenly, like an apparition from the era when Yoshi’s reigned as the Bay Area’s premiere jazz venue.

Not long after I saw Moran perform, the New York Times ran a feature on that most famous image of American jazz musicians in the mid-20th century. Entitled “Harlem 58,” it’s commonly ...

Philomusica’s spring concert will take place on Saturday, 29 March. Join members in the Great Hall at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, (7.30pm) as they perform pieces tracing the history of 20th century ...

To mark the festival’s 20th anniversary, BNI is integrating Java Jazz ticket sales into its mobile banking app Wondr, while Sosro is launching a special collaborative edition, featuring a Java ...