Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...

Other jazz performers were trying to experiment with music originating from around the world. Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist ...

Gillespie and Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods The elements of music to consider Performing and composing ideas The impact of Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods ...

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie Parker, left, brought Miles Davis, right, into his bebop band in the 1940s, Davis’s first professional job The Original Dixieland Jazz band, pictured in 1917 ...

She didn’t have to tell patrons about the time she filled in for Etta James’ pianist, opened for Dizzy Gillespie or nearly ...

The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts (UBCFA) presents legendary jazz artist Herbie Hancock on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale April 4 and will be available online at ...