Harry Pace saw that there was profit to be made by Black people producing and distributing music for Black people. —Willie Ruff, musician and professor emeritus, Yale University Preamble: In 2020, I ...

Louis Armstrong was one of dozens of US jazz musicians sponsored by the US State Department who blew their horn for US foreign policy on overseas tours during the Cold War. Or so State Department ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

Jazz Appreciation Month was established by the Smithsonian Institution in April 2001 Jazz Appreciation Month was established by the Smithsonian Institution in April 2001. It recognizes Jazz as a ...

Jazz is quintessentially American music. It can be rightly said to have sprung from the sweat and blood of Afro-Americans as they amalgamated the traditions they brought from their homelands with the ...

Jazz musicians are the innovative artists who create and perform jazz, a uniquely music style born in New Orleans in the early 1900s. These musicians blend improvisation, rhythm, and personal ...

Black History Month is observed during the month of February in the United States. It's dedicated to acknowledging the lesser-told stories, celebrating the successes and mourning the losses of Black ...