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 ...

In the following decades, jazz continues to evolve, attracting both black and white audiences ... fades as new generations embrace swing, big band, bebop, and later styles. However, during ...

He also took private lessons from legendary band director Edwin Hampton. Though the Marching 100 didn’t play traditional jazz, “it was excellent training,” White ... to be Black and from ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Philadelphia trombonist, composer, and scholar Brent White brings a bold reimagining of early Black American music to Chris’ Jazz Café on Tuesday, June 10 with Code ...

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 ...

MPR host Cathy Wurzer speaks with Taylor Ngiri Seaberg, leader of the band Black Velvet Punks, which mixes punk and hip hop with jazz and soul. After the death of George Floyd and the uprising ...

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 ...