July's sunshine is seeing great arts opportunities bloom throughout metro Detroit, and this weekend brings great music and ...

MUSIC. Art Blakey and the Jazz Message, 3/29. Ed Masley. The Republic | azcentral.com. Looking back on his time as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Javon Jackson can say, ...

Drummer and bandleader Art Blakey’s ensemble, the Jazz Messengers, became one of the most famous incubators of young talent, serving during its 35 years as an academy for, in particular, a ...

CASTLETON — Wren Panzella rendered action and sound into paintings. Her vivid canvases, often of jazz or baseball scenes and instantly identifiable as Panzella works, graced the walls of Capital ...

Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, ...

Jazz eventually became a music of connoisseurs, but in New Orleans it remains a popular art form. Brass bands play jazz at funerals and behind floats at Mardi Gras parades.

Photo provided by Christopher Turner -- Local artist Taufeeq Muhammad, known for his paintings of jazz and lbues musicians, died Jan. 9 at age 39. A memorial service is scheduled Thursday. Facebook ...