Eubie Blake defied the odds. His parents had been slaves. He was their only child to survive past infancy. He smoked unfiltered Pall Malls into old age. “I’m a cigarette fiend,” he told a reporter in ...

Ragtime music, with its syncopated, polyrhythmic style, was born, in the 1890s in the black saloons and brothels of southern and mid-western cities like Baltimore and St. Louis. It was at the center ...

John Wesby is also an executive producer at BET Networks (MADD Sports, Brenda Russell). At his company Wesby One Productions he has produced commercials and documentaries. One of his documentary ...

UPDATE Friday morning: Eubie Blake was 95 years old when Eubie! opened on Broadway in 1978. Julianne Boyd, who conceived and directed the show, writes: [The show] featured most of the songs from ...

The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center hosted its annual Kwanzaa Celebration and Marketplace on the ...

Piano Jazz digs deep into the archives with a session featuring James Herbert "Eubie" Blake. He was the last of the known living original ragtime pianists when he appeared on the program in 1980 with ...

Eubie!: Musical revue. Songs by Eubie Blake with lyricists Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf and others. Directed by Stanley E. Williams and Danny Duncan. (Through May 16. LorraineHansberry Theatre, 620 Sutter ...

James Hubert “Eubie” Blake was born in Baltimore on Feb. 7, 1883. He was the son of former slaves John Summer Blake and Emily. “I’m proud of my heritage,” Blake said. “I want everybody to know that I ...