The Jazz Age Lawn Party's organizer says the event has grown organically over its ten years, as more and more people dress to the nines. Photo by Laura June Kirsch for the Village Voice Photo by Laura ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. How did an Iowa boy named in part after Germany’s “Iron Chancellor” become one of jazz’s most influential ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by From the set design to the wig styles, the Broadway musical creates a richly detailed vision of the 1920s and ’30s. Its creators share their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural architect whose music told the stories of Black excellence, struggle, and ...
One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...
"The Roaring '20s: The Music of the Jazz Age," featuring the University of Arizona's Archive Ensemble presented by the UA School of Music, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Crowder Hall in the UA ...
Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...
The Urbana Pops Orchestra, celebrating its 15th birthday and led by its founder, Stephen L. Larson, gave a concert last Saturday in the Urbana High School auditorium. The orchestra, comprising ...
The book traces how swing, bebop, and big band music arrived in Bombay in the early 20th century, shaped the city's nightlife, and eventually found their way into the DNA of Bollywood film scores.
Typified by unison trumpets, an obbligato solo by clarinetist Bob Wilber and precise accompanying section work by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra... [this] was the first night of three evenings ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wynton Marsalis is a name that carries weight in both jazz and classical music. A gifted trumpeter, ...