Though jazz and classic blues are really early twentieth-century ... when Dan Rice-for the first time in American history-"blacked up" for a variety show in New York's Bowery district. The show became ...
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 ...
Another reminder — with live musical demonstrations on stage — is coming to Kiggins Theatre. As part of its ongoing History ...
Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum was little more than a dream at the time. It had neither a name nor a location. But Berkley and others felt it wise to start acquiring artifacts like those flicks ...
The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious ...
Encompassing decades of Caribbean music styles, jazz and classic tunes from the Great American Songbook, Jamaican American ...
Chief The third Monday of January — this year’s Jan. 20 — serves as the day to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, ...
the jazz they deemed worth discussion—was a white phenomenon, stripped of its African American roots. It would take another decade for the magazine to give equal attention to Black musicians.
Jackson Pollock's action painting technique reflected the improvisation, freedom, and rhythm of the jazz music he loved. Looking for more? Visit Smithsonian Jazz at the National Museum of American ...
On Thursday, the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch visited the American Banjo Museum to learn more about an upcoming Mardi ...
When looking into jazz history and its beginnings, we see culture shock and slavery, which led to the birth of America’s music, jazz. When we look at the history of Indigenous peoples ...