A Jazz Violinist Who Sings Of Black History. February 16, 2010 2:19 PM ET. ... for arrangements of African American spirituals. He's not the first to have done something like this, ...

Violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter is the most accomplished musician on her instrument of her generation. The recipient of multiple Grammy nominations, a Doris Duke Award, and a MacArthur ...

Master Violinist John Blake Jr. John Blake Jr., who continued the early tradition of bringing the violin into the jazz arena and making its voice heard with the music of Africa to avant-garde, R&B ...

American Violinist Aims To Raise Profile Of ... actor Leslie Odom, Jr., jazz bassist and composer ... associate professor of musicology, American culture, and African-American studies at ...

African-American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor Lionel Hampton, Jazz musician Ziggy Elman and a Jazz orchestra playing instruments and singing, 1945.

In 1619 the White Lion, a British privateer which had just successfully raided a Spanish slave ship, arrived in the Jamestown colony with its contraband cargo of twenty-some African slaves.Thus began ...

NEW YORK — John Blake Jr. — a jazz violinist who combined strong classical technique with the expressive power of African-American spirituals, folk music and blues — died on Friday in ...

Josephine Baker was one of the most iconic African American artists to make the journey to Paris. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker had already achieved fame as a dancer and singer in the United ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The African diaspora will be on display through music at the International Africa American Museum's "Keys & Conversations" event, the museum announced Tuesday. Slated ...

African-American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor Lionel Hampton, Jazz musician Ziggy Elman and a Jazz orchestra playing instruments and singing, 1945.