A blend of community, improvisation, and diasporic dance make McMiller’s Berkshires-born performance feel like a party.

Artists Dave Fox (piano), Neill Clegg (saxophone, clarinet and flute) and Matt Kendrick (double bass) will be joined by guest ...

In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

In addition, NAJWA’s artistic director Andrea “Najwii” Vinson has developed her own technique called “Afro Fusion,” which mixes different styles of jazz, hip-hop, and African dance.

So she turned to film and theater. Her latest project, “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance,” looks at African American contributions to the jazz dance style.

The music, by Geri Allen, another of the richly talented African-American jazz artists, is inspiring and innovative. The dancers emulate freedom, openness, in a very precise way.

A pair of concerts at Overtown's Lyric Theater will include talks on the influence of West African rhythms on American music. Ask the average person to pinpoint the birthplace of American jazz and ...

Jazz was born in New Orleans. The music still echoes through the city, where young players continue to shape the century-old genre.

Ailey established the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 and combined Afro-Caribbean dance with modern and jazz dance techniques.

In 2004 Maureen Anderson, a researcher at Illinois State University contributed a dissertation to the journal, African American Review, titled The White Reception of Jazz in America. Ostensibly, her ...

Seattle's Northwest African American Museum casts a light on jazz-era Seattle, Spokane and Portland in its exhibit "After Hours." ...