Langston Hughes II, at 23 years old, distinguishes himself as an accomplished saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator, positioning him as one of the most promising young talents in music ...

Langston Hughes' birthplace can't forget him — and neither should we. ... Hughes was a master of music, imbuing his verse with the jazz and blues which hummed around his head.

A. Van Jordan, Langston Hughes Makes a Scene the Way a Jazz Musician Plays a Solo, The Langston Hughes Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” at 100: Part Two (2021), pp.

To get you started, we’re focusing on 10 of the most powerful Langston Hughes poems. Consider this your introduction to the incredible potency of the celebrated poet’s words and their rhythms.

Langston Hughes poems are about the ordinary Black man—his struggle, ... alive with the rhythms and themes of the 20th-century African American music this great poet loved so dearly.

It’s a perfect encapsulation of his music’s mystical, spiritual ... Anyone approaching Rogiński’s newly reissued 2015 album Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes for the first time ...

Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era. ... Black Music Month: Meet Sherie, The Singing Violinist Blending R&B, ...

Langston Hughes’s work continues to inspire artists in all kinds of media today. American cartoonist Stephen Bentley, creator of the Herb & Jamal comic, included Hughes’s poem “Acceptance ...