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

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 ...

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

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...

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 ...

EFG London Jazz Festival: our pick of the shows to see from Jamie Cullum to Marisa Monte - With more than 300 shows over 60 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...