The early years of Louis Armstrong’s life in New Orleans steeped him in the city’s rich musical culture. His ambition took ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Johnson, then with Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson, and early the following year he was hired by Ellington to replace Bubber Miley. This, Cootie's first spell in Ellington’s orchestra, was to last ...

He spent several years as a featured soloist in Duke Ellington’s Orchestra, an important ... playing with Count Basie and Fletcher Henderson. His smooth, mellow tone and airy, lightly flowing ...

Fletcher Building director Peter Crowley will be the company’s new chair, effective today, taking over from acting chair Barbara Chapman. The appointment comes three months after Crowley garnered ...

The community lost an entrepreneur and supporter with the passing of Kyle Fletcher. The owner of the locally acclaimed barbecue restaurant, Kyle Fletcher’s BBQ, died Jan. 9, at 70 years old. In ...

Charles Griffin Fletcher, Jr., 72, left the world as he lived – on the edge. Taking one final run down the slopes of Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho on December 30, he passed away while ...

Driving 40 minutes outside the sprawling city of Guangzhou in China to a modern studio building, you might not expect to be greeted by British designer Daniel Fletcher. Nor a mood board of images ...