Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth ... of the American slave trade--had already taken on special significance in the history of black music-making in America. The most ...

For those of us engaged in trying to understand it, the history of jazz turns out to be much more than a study of this extraordinary American music. Jazz has offered a precise prism through which ...

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 ...

It has been a staple of the Northwest music scene, celebrating a diverse array of the rich history of recorded jazz and its related sub-genres, ensuring that this uniquely American art form ...

A brass band from Derbyshire is preparing to perform a show that celebrates its own history and the ... would show how brass band music had influenced jazz and pop Musical director Steve Critchlow ...