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 ...

Born from the spirituals, work songs, and deep sorrow of African American life in the South, the blues gave jazz its backbone ...

Discover 7 essential Black Music Month festivals this June celebrating jazz, gospel, hip-hop and R&B across North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and more states.

Blending classical music, jazz, spirituals and opera, the multimedia event will celebrate renowned musicians, singers and composers from the African American community, educating the audience ...

Brand was one of a new generation of South African jazz musicians who came to maturity in the 1940s and 1950s, and would eventually rival the American stars they looked up to. These included Kipper ...

3. Harlem Renaissance Glam Party Transport guests back to the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s when African American art, music, literature and fashion flourished.

So, the reason why African American art, Black art, is so powerful and so transformative is because when artists have access to all of these materials across genres-whether it’s music, like we ...

Thousands of music lovers packed the streets Saturday for San Francisco's iconic Fillmore Jazz Festival. "I love all the bands," said Sheryl Pearson, a Fairfield resident. "The bands are good, the ...

From July 24-27, screenings, panel discussions and concerts will pay tribute to African American and Puerto Rican legacies.

For the past couple years, Solange Knowles has been rounding up an eclectic stable of African American artists and performers for a live music series that celebrates not only Black creativity, but ...