Photo Courtesy of Frank Stewart for Jazz at ... recognized as one of the greatest works for jazz orchestra. Composer Duke Ellington poses for a portrait at the piano in circa 1930.

In an interview with the Birmingham Post-Herald toward the end of his life, the bewilderingly brilliant jazz composer Sun Ra described his music in so many words.

Spanning film, literature, and jazz, this sweeping retrospective brings together 100 of Jonathan Rosenbaum’s sharpest essays ...

The month of June offers an exciting lineup of events at Flushing Town Hall with its full slate of concerts, exhibitions and ...

They include: -- Publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1863 -- Musician Duke Ellington in 1899 -- Japanese ... Luis Aparicio in 1934 (age 91) File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI -- Musician Mike ...

While the world may be familiar with the South Los Angeles roots of Dr. Dre, Serena Williams, Kendrick, and Flo-Jo, numerous ...

Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard performed at the Blue Morocco in 1967 with other top jazz artists like Bennie Maupin, Kenny Barron, ...

Today’s subject Maestro Steven Reineke is currently living his theatre and music life to the max as the Principal Pops ...

Duke Ellington and the Rolling Stones. Not all on the same night, we might add. As the all-too-familiar story goes, the venue gradually fell out of favour over the years, with its last live show ...

On Sunday, June 8 at 7 p.m., the Bishop Center for Performing Arts at Grays Harbor College will celebrate Grays Harbor’s rich history through music and storytelling with the original film Spirit of ...

Fabu Phillis Carter, a scholar, educator, and the City of Madison’s first African American Poet Laureate, and Jane Reynolds, ...

Anderson .Paak closed out the 2025 River Beat Music Festival with a 90-minute performance. The performance featured a mix of ...