The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements ... The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm, and ...

Many Triad residents don’t know that one of the 20th Century’s most celebrated musicians grew up here.

Visionary trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis pioneered multiple jazz styles throughout his five-decade career.

Having grown out of the New Orleans dance halls and street parades in the early part of the 20th century, jazz seems in rude health as it enters its second century. This film recalls how Miles ...

Louis Daniel Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901. He was among the most influential figures in jazz, with a career spanning ...