From smooth and sultry vocals to bold, groundbreaking instrumentals, Black female jazz artists have left an undeniable mark on the music world. Their influence spans decades, inspiring generations ...

For example, black singer George W. Johnson performed with white tenor Billy Murray and Bert Williams with Leon Errol. Wilbur Sweatman is an interesting example. Sweatman, born in 1882, was a virtuoso ...

The 1950s music scene would challenge these simplistic categories by offering more so-called race music than ever before that ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith drifted through Aretha's Jazz Café, in Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing ...

Bruna Black is the up & coming singer Brazil is raving about. A former semi-pro basketball player who grew up listening to her cousins singing in church, Bruna would reach the quarter-finals of the ...

In the following decades, jazz continues to evolve, attracting both black and white audiences. Increasingly it is identified as one of America's greatest contributions to music and becomes a ...

From June 18 to 21, the Ritz Chamber Players performed a classical concert of all Black composers and musicians for the Jacksonville Community.

Grammy-winning Jazz singer Samara Joy basked in the beautiful voice of her “pop pop” during his 93rd surprise birthday party. The 23-year-old musician shared the joyous moment with her over ...

"I did hire two acts before the show, so people can get a Saturday night like how they used to do it in the Black Bottom," she said. "A show where you would get like 30 people on the roster.

Five Points Jazz Roots brings live music performances, art galleries and exhibitions, historic tours and plenty of food options in celebration of Black History Month.

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, […] Black singers from the 1950s: Influence, legacy, and cultural ...