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

(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 ...

Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century ... Unlike in Brazil or Cuba direct African infusions into black American culture were much less pronounced in the early and middle ...

Contrary to this myth, jazz music actually was being played by Creoles of color ... intense imagination and innovation that was New Orleans’ Creole of color and black culture. The history of New ...

In the following decades, jazz continues to evolve, attracting both black and white audiences ... the final film in the 4-part Culture Shock series.

Named after jazz artist Mary Lou Williams, the center that opened in 1983 celebrates Black culture and history This story is part of the Working Toward Racial Justice series. A little before noon on ...

The Abebe siblings have turned a former Ethiopian community center into SOST, a three-story restaurant, cafe, and cultural hub in Shaw.

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 ...

“Fade To Black,” the 16th album from the multi-talented and multi-faceted Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy ... a woman’s right to vote and choice, the invasive culture of modern technology, ...

In the following decades, jazz continues to evolve, attracting both black and white audiences ... the final film in the 4-part Culture Shock series. Early 20th century jazz clubs were deplored ...