Jazz pianist Donald Brown, who taught at UT for 32 years, will debut new work inspired by Harlem Renaissance artist and ...

Beyoncé’s Grammy-winning 'Cowboy Carter' not only captivated listeners, it sparked a wave of interest in Black country ...

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 ...

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.

THAT THEY’RE REMEMBERING ABOUT THE G "Jazz is just a word, but really, it's about the history of the black experience," said NOMA founder Dana Murray. "Count Basie or artists like Duke Ellington ...