These Black queer artists have been making history for years
American music, in all its rich diversity, owes its very foundation to Black artists. From jazz and blues to rock, disco, hip ...
Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena’s Black Arts Legacy?
As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for ...
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Spotlighting Black media
This month is Black History Month — so what better time to engage with media highlighting members of the Black community in ...
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New jazz fellowship honors the genre's elders and gives them each an unrestricted $100,000 grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Jazz Foundation of America on Tuesday announced the Jazz Legacies Fellowship -- a new ...
Native American singer Julia Keefe brings her Indigenous Big Band back to Bay Area
Inspired by influential big band singer Mildred Bailey, Julia Keefe is looking to enhance Native American presence in the ...
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Black Excellence — Past, Present and Future — in D.C. and Georgetown
In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown ...
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Poet Aja Monet’s Cure for Loneliness
She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...
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10 Essential John Coltrane Jazz Songs That Define Black History & Innovation.
John Coltrane, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, revolutionized the genre with his innovative ...
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Quin Hillyer: Exactly a century ago, Satchmo and Bechet made jazz emerge triumphant
The jazz of “Mandy” and “Cakewalking Babies” that played from phonographs and on airwaves 100 years ago this month was a perfect encapsulation, and musical expression, of American culture.
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Black Spectrum to celebrate jazz icons
For one night only, celebrate music stars Phyllis Hyman and Michael Henderson at Black Spectrum Theatre with a pre-Valentine dinner and performances by jazz and R&B greats Norman Connors and Glenn ...
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Celebrate Black History Month by listening to these Black musicians with WA connections
Black History ... Bown opted for jazz. She played in bands in the late ’40s before releasing a solo album in 1958. A multi-talented musician, Luther Rabb began playing saxophone at age 10.