She is proof that Black artists don’t have to fit within one ... Samara Joy is bringing jazz back to the forefront with a voice that feels like it’s been here forever. The Grammy-winning ...

Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 27, 1924, and grew up playing piano and singing in her church, like many other eventual Black jazz artists of that era. As a teenager she ...

In the Blue Light centers the Black jazz musicians that set the foundation for Kelela’s own lyricism and music. “I have two Betty Carter songs on there because I’m obsessed with Betty Carter ...

The migration of Black musicians, arriving through King Street Station, between World War I and World War 2, began Jackson Street’s shift into a cultural melting pot. "The jazz scene really ...

Sitting in the window of the Artfunk gallery on Jackson Street in San Francisco is a painting of jazz legend John ... of Culture and Revolutionary Artist for the Black Panther Party.

Skidmore College is a predominantly white institution (PWI); this much has always been clear to the student body. We strive ...

Musicians like Jean Holden, Toledo's First Lady of Song. "I don't really consider myself a jazz singer," Holden said. "I just sing songs." Holden was one of the first three Black singers for the ...

Decades ago, Gottschalk said the Jim Crow-era laws forced talented musicians to leave the country. "Many greats, black Jazz musicians had to leave often time to Europe to find their true ...