Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

This world-class collaboration, featuring a full orchestra, horns, percussion, and an array of special guest vocalists, will ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

Jazz grew out of African American culture as it developed in the southern United States during the nineteenth Century. It became intertwined with many other musical traditions, including Hispanic and ...

The Jazz Roots in Five Points returns this Saturday and next Saturday as part of Black History Month celebrations.

The Kriol Jazz Festival (KJF), a significant platform for Creole-inspired music, has now become a sustainable export from ...

“Monk’s Dream” by Thelonious Monk. Explore iconic South African albums to understand the country’s rich jazz heritage: “Grazing in the Grass” by “Mannenberg” by Abdullah Ibrahim.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev famously banged his shoe at the United Nations, which had welcomed 16 new African states to its ranks. Meanwhile, a host of American jazz greats were serving as cul ...