During the Jim Crow era in America, the world of jazz was one of the only places where Black and white people mixed together ... “Alphonso Trent and his band were the first Black musicians ...

Jazz, a genre born from the African-American ... Goodman was also a trailblazer in integrating black and white musicians in his bands, featuring talents like Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton.

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 15 "Angel Of Love," from Mike & Dorothy Longo's The Rhythm of Unity: A Jazz Musician's Lifelong Journey Beyond Black and White ... Frank and I were the two ...

Voices honoring female jazz and blues legends Billie Holiday ... walls lined with Aretha Franklin memorabilia and framed black and white portraits of Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Ray Charles.

TRAFFIC UPDATE COMING UP IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY ... THE WORLD OF JAZZ. ALL TOURING THROUG NORTH OMAHA, OMAHA REPRESENTED WHAT THEY CALL THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT, WHICH YOU HAD BANDS COMING FROM ...

Randy Weston, a fellow pianist-composer in the jazz tradition ... and especially diasporic Black history, in relationship to the music we make here in America; he's always trying to find these ...

But if all big bands make you think of is “jazz hands” and flappers and early black-and-white films, let’s take five minutes to change that. Of course, the best way to experience a jazz ...

NEWBURYPORT — The New Black Eagle Jazz Band have been a fixture on the international jazz scene since 1971, bringing the sounds of traditional New Orleans Jazz to audiences all over the world.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana State University School of Music Jazz Workshop Band, Traditional Jazz combo and One O'Clock Jazz Ensemble will perform a concert this Sunday in celebration of Black ...

In 1936, Lionel Hampton teamed up with fellow Black performer, pianist Teddy Wilson and white bandleader Benny ... Duke Ellington leads his jazz band, circa 1945. (Photo by Bettmann Archive ...