A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

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 ...

The spelling of the word took years stabilize. Jazz represents a multiformity of musical ideas and originating influences. African American music forms of slave culture and the black American ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

His use of African-inspired techniques ... Has a Master Plan,” “Song for My Father.” Andy Bey is an American jazz singer and pianist known for his distinctive baritone voice and passionate ...

Quincy Jones took his final breath on Sunday, November 3, at 91, a year after he suffered a severe reaction to food.

it was another place where European and African traditions met and mingled in a heady, racist, and decidedly American stew. It is also the place where many jazz performers including, for one, Bessie ...

For Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong, even their fame couldn’t fully protect them from the terrifying violence ...

Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...

Jazz is a genre that emerged out of the late 19th century with its roots in blues and ragtime. The music originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. A port ...

The annual African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh ... last summer), and Avery Sunshine, the mercurial singer and ...

Opened in 2021, the museum aims to educate visitors on the influence of African American people on more than 50 genres of popular music, including jazz, gospel and hip-hop. Each of the museum's ...