A Jazz Violinist Who Sings Of Black History. February 16, 2010 2:19 PM ET. ... for arrangements of African American spirituals. He's not the first to have done something like this, ...

Violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter is the most accomplished musician on her instrument of her generation. The recipient of multiple Grammy nominations, a Doris Duke Award, and a MacArthur ...

Master Violinist John Blake Jr. John Blake Jr., who continued the early tradition of bringing the violin into the jazz arena and making its voice heard with the music of Africa to avant-garde, R&B ...

Carter's new album marks a new direction for the jazz violinist: The record interprets African folk songs, both traditional and contemporary. Carter and members of her band recently visited NPR to ...

African-American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor Lionel Hampton, Jazz musician Ziggy Elman and a Jazz orchestra playing instruments and singing, 1945.

American Violinist Aims To Raise Profile Of ... actor Leslie Odom, Jr., jazz bassist and composer ... associate professor of musicology, American culture, and African-American studies at ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

In 1619 the White Lion, a British privateer which had just successfully raided a Spanish slave ship, arrived in the Jamestown colony with its contraband cargo of twenty-some African slaves.Thus began ...

When Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland released its much-anticipated 10-year anniversary CD last month, local jazz aficionados were outraged that no African American musicians were included. The ...

Josephine Baker was one of the most iconic African American artists to make the journey to Paris. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker had already achieved fame as a dancer and singer in the United ...

South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela makes his Opera House debut Feb. 12, performing works from his new album, “Jabulani.” It’s a celebratory mix of jazz, pop, and African sounds inspired ...