We speak to the superstar percussionist about “a very brave, very courageous idea that Sir Elton had, to go out on the road ...

Colorado jazz took root in Denver’s storied Five Points neighborhood in the 1930s, where legends like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie lit up the smoky clubs along Welton Street for ...

Born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, McClain grew up tickling the ivories and belting out ballads — performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and singing with the All-City Schools Choir.

Elana Casey, the new associate director of the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is new to ...

Many were in attendance for a special performance at the Dreamland Ballroom, a venue that hosted some of the greatest names ...

The “Queen Bey” pays tribute to a local Queen during her record-setting “Cowboy Carter” world tour. Queen Esther Marrow, 84, ...

Duke Ellington’s birth certificate, Frederick Douglass’s will, and other documents in the DC archives are in a building that once was a stable.

Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.’s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home ...

I don’t consider myself a jazz singer… I’m a singer of songs,” said the vocal star, who won a Grammy in the Best Female Jazz ...

The final concert of this 2025 summer season by the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will be held on Sunday at the Karl L. King Band Shell in Oleson Park. Concert time is 7:30 p.m. Admission ...

In my journalism career traveling throughout Lake and Porter counties, I’ve always been fascinated by a nod to our farm ...

Born from the spirituals, work songs, and deep sorrow of African American life in the South, the blues gave jazz its backbone ...