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 ...

Exactly 100 years ago this winter, two recordings features Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet marked the triumph of New ...

The legacy of jazz came to life in the Averitt Center's recent performance, where The Jazz Legacy Project celebrated the ...

Jazz and blues are types of music that can trace their roots back to the early 20th Century, in the southern United States. Jazz was very popular as it was a fresh, new sound. Different styles of ...

Chance has influenced virtually every other style of 20th-century American music. It has become recognized as one of our country's greatest cultural achievements. Smithsonian American Art Museum Jazz ...

The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American ... and rhythm of the jazz music he loved. Looking for more? Visit ...

Kaplan knows some music theory, enough to conjure ... with art and culture in the second half of the 20th century. There have ...

J azz music has a rich and evolving history in India, with its roots stretching back to the early 20th century when colonialism brought Western music into the country. The story of jazz in India ...

Reading his piece, I wondered how The Nation covered the advent of jazz a century ago ... as it offered a rather patronizing take on the music’s significance. “There are times,” the critic ...

Byron Stripling will be guest conductor for “Gershwin, Berlin & Friends” which begins at 7:30 p.m. at Springfield Symphony Hall. He will be accompanied by guest vocalist Sydney McSweeney, Bobby Floyd ...

Dexter Gordon and Slide Hampton’s jazz album “A Day in Copenhagen”—piped into the galleries—is the principal soundtrack for “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century,” at ...