Jazz as a musical genre and abstract art as an artistic movement simultaneously emerged to prominence throughout the 20 th ...

True to Reagon’s heritage, the group performs many styles including gospel, blues, jazz and traditional African melodies, ...

Quincy Jones' fans can finally stop wondering what caused the music icon's death at 91. The multi-hyphenate legend took his ...

Many thousands of Chinese, Japanese, African American and Irish workers (the latter then not recognized as white ... The second phase involved bringing Silkroad musicians to research sites such as ...

Grammy award-winning pianist Richard Goode is going to be the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s newest artistic partner for the ...

Encouraged initially to study the piano and violin, Jamison gravitated toward ballet, later training under African American ...

A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's ...

Her music celebrated African American heritage while promoting understanding across cultural boundaries ... Jenkins’ legacy lives on through the countless educators, musicians and children who ...

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, some musicians are now ...

The first-time director tells me how he made his explosive adaptation of August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson' his own ...

The eight-student SF Jazz Combo will perform jazz standards from some of the genre’s greatest legends. The setlist includes “St. Thomas” by Sonny Rollins and “So What” by Miles Davis, along with a ...