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 ...

JAZZ IS JUST A WORD, BUT REALLY IT’S ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ... T COME DOWN HERE AND TEACH A KID HOW TO PLAY A DRUM OR A SAXOPHONE OR A TRUMPET. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE ...

The NEA Jazz Master tenor saxophonist George Coleman is known for his memorable opening solo on Herbie Hancock’s title tune “ Maiden Voyage ” (Blue Note 1965). That hardy muscular sound was his entré ...

Award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis tells Katty Kay how growing up surrounded by music shaped his own journey with jazz.

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

Steady gigs with Smith and the guitarist Wes Montgomery followed, giving Hart a firm grounding in the bedrock of mainstream jazz. Steve Jordan, the widely traveled drummer who now plays with the ...

The historic Colored Musicians Club and Jazz Museum is recognizing its 108th ... RELATED: 'Together As One': Bus tour highlights Western New York's Black history The Buffalo, AMF Black Local ...

The Chicago jazz sound amounts to a sum of the city’s Black histories ... Wolf’s electric guitar in a 1950s blues bar; the drummers and dancers pounding out rhythms at one of Kelan Philip ...

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 ...

Days 1-4 article by Ian Patterson, published on March 13, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with a series ...