Henry Minton opened what would become an historic landmark in the story of Black music and culture -- now, after nearly a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural ...

Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His ...

With their new album Rhapsody, the extraordinary vocalists Ifedayo Gatling, Dennis Bailey, and George Marage are able to fully explore the entire range of music that influenced ... inflected “Get ...

A street in Harlem was chosen as the location and ... To Art Kane's delight, they did come and it did work – 58 musicians, including many jazz legends, turned up. The photograph is now ...

"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the music ...

Purnell Steen walks us through the city's jazz lineage as Dazzle prepares its programming for Black History Month.

overlaps directly with The Harlem Renaissance, a vibrant cultural and artistic movement. Both movements emphasised the transformative power of creativity, music (especially Jazz), and breaking ...