In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

A new exhibit is on display at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in uptown Charlotte. It ...

Ellington was born in D.C. and composed several jazz standards WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson. That’s why he and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz ...

Declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during its General Conference 14 years ago, International Jazz Day—celebrated every April 30—honors a genre ...

IMPACT AROUND 400,000 PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. A LOCAL FILM DIRECTOR IS CELEBRATING JAZZ AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH A NEW PROJECT, KMBC. NINE’S TERESA WHITE SHOWS US HOW KANSAS CITY PLAYS A LEADING ...

Vibrant harmonies and spontaneous improv solos filled the air on Friday, Sept. 29, as hundreds of people gathered in western Massachusetts to celebrate the uniqueness of the Northampton Jazz Festival.

Find adventure, advice or take a trip through the past at the Friends of the Library's Big Spring Book Sale, open to the public Friday through Monday at 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. From 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April ...

Marsalis and Stevenson have debuted “Freedom, Justice and Hope,” their live performance album of historic jazz records created to protest racial injustice. NEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions such ...