Palm Springs canceled a jazz festival over fears it would attract unruly crowds. Nearly seven decades later, the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival is proving the genre belongs in the city, ...
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in South Carolina, the youngest of nine children of Lottie and James ...
Oceanside students recently attended "A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical" on Broadway and met members of the cast and creative team after the show. Oceanside High School students posed ...
A young troublemaker at the Colored Waif’s Home encounters one horn and two music educators. The world changes.
WGN’s Dave Schwan talks with author Larry Tye about his book, “The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count ...
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
Henry Minton opened what would become an historic landmark in the story of Black music and culture -- now, after nearly a ...
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway welcomed a special guest- icon Debbie Allen! BroadwayWorld ...
The most admired, desirable and attractive people and things, those that are universally deemed cool, have been part of the ...
Decor for the 30th annual Universal Mardi Gras celebration has started to appear in Universal Studios Florida. Universal Mardi Gras 2025 Decor The decorations for the annual Mardi Gras celebration at ...
He has shared his talents with not only the best jazz musicians (John Coltrane, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, etc.), but with ...
Your device does not support the audio. EDWARDSVILLE - Jazz artists from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Concert Jazz Band and four featured SIUE alumni will take the stage in both ...