With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

For four years, Lucille’s Jazz Lounge— housed within the TolHouse members’ club on the outer edge of the Vistula District— ...

The performance is composed of two one-act operas, each running less than 60 minutes, and includes multiple returning ...

Somi performs four shows across two nights at The JazzLab this February, presented by Melbourne International Jazz Festival ...

In the summer of 1920, the United States is a country of deep contradictions: a land of Jim Crow laws, lynching and rising black activism, even as Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” opens the recording ...

Jazz WCLK 91.9 FM is hosting a benefit concert to bridge a $300,000 funding gap caused by the elimination of federal funds to ...

Native American Heritage Month is a great time to highlight a relatively unknown part of one of the most special cities on ...

New York, NY (October 20, 2025)— In November, Jazz at Lincoln Center invites audiences to experience the spiritual and rhythmic lineage that is at the heart of the organization’s Mother Africa season, ...

From Little Africa to the jazz cafes where Josephine Baker performed, here’s where to immerse yourself in the art, food, and culture of Paris’s African diaspora. Travelers searching for immersive ...

In the story of mid-century Abstract Expressionism, Arthur Monroe (1935–2019) is not a well-known name. The American artist, who started his career in New York and spent decades in the Bay Area, has ...