Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong were two ultimate icons of jazz, but with one emerging 20 years after the other, what did ...

In a decade when Harlem’s clubs pulsed with the rhythm of the Jazz Age, Queens stood quietly on the threshold of ...

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with saxophonist, composer and actor Calvin Johnson about his much and upcoming WBGO Kids Jazz Series ...

It's the perfect time of year to cozy up and dive into one of these 10 critically-acclaimed jazz documentaries.

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Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett to a touring minstrel family, shaped blues in the early 20th century blending her ...

Fela Ransome Kuti-Kuti & The Koola Lobitos; Fela Ransome Kuti & the Africa 70s; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti & The Egypt 80s Band.

Senegalese bassist and singer Alune Wade celebrates his album New African Orleans with his septet in an exclusive KNKX studio ...

Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band ...

The Amistad Research Center is partnering with the River Road African American Museum to present Legends & Legacies: Black History Auction, a fundraising event scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 ...

Good Shot Judy is releasing its first Christmas album, “A Crooner’s Christmas,” during a listening party at the Willliamsburg ...

On New Year’s Day, 1934, more than 3,000 people from South Leitrim and surrounding areas marched through the town to begin the Anti-Jazz campaign. The procession was accompanied by five bands and the ...