The book has unsolvable problems, but then so do most musicals, until they are solved — or bulldozed. Even then, few give you a first act like this one, or a subject — the creation of American ...

The Bamboo Bar at the famous Oriental Hotel was set up in 1953 during a period when the hotel had several owners, including ...

In 1961, Irma Thomas had visited the home of Toussaint’s parents, Clarence and Naomi. There, Toussaint had frequently ...

Harlem, the place to be. So hip, Roy Haynes once told me, cats said they would rather go to Harlem than to heaven.

While San Diego is skipping official events, Tijuana embraces UNESCO's International Jazz Day with concerts and deep musical roots that resonate on both sides of the border.

What happens when you cross Rick Astley with ragtime, or Justin Bieber with Jelly Roll Morton? Welcome to Postmodern Jukebox ...

Legends like Jelly Roll Morton, Ma Rainey and W.C. Handy all reported hearing the music for the first time around 1902. The word “blues” first appeared on sheet music in 1908, with the ...

Masekela had been greatly moved by the music he heard on the 78 RPM gramophone records of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver ...