Arts and Culture Entertainment News Chicago Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis Passes Away at 87Atiya JordanSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022 by Atiya JordanSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022626 R.I.P. Ramsey Lewis....
Arts and Culture News Acclaimed Jazz Writer Seeks To Have Duke Ellington Posthumously Honored With Pulitzer Prize For MusicYolanda BaruchJuly 29, 2022July 29, 2022 by Yolanda BaruchJuly 29, 2022July 29, 2022534 Jazz writer Ted Gioia created a petition to convince the Pulitzer Board to award Duke Ellington with a Pulitzer that he was denied in 1965....
Celebrity News Entertainment History Lifestyle Usher Signs On As Executive Producer For Upcoming New Orleans Jazz Age Series ‘Storyville’Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022383 Ushering in a new series! Be on the lookout for Usher and Starlings Television's new series Storyville....
Arts and Culture Entertainment Lifestyle Black Music Month: Disney Brings the Jazz from Disney/Pixar’s Soul’ to Downtown Disney for Black Music MonthBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 29, 2022June 30, 2022 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 29, 2022June 30, 2022477 Black Music Month! Disney brings the story of Disney's "Soul" to life through "The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure."...
Celebrity News Funk & Jazz Legend Bernard Wright Dead At 58Wendy MedinaMay 21, 2022May 21, 2022 by Wendy MedinaMay 21, 2022May 21, 20228612 Bernard Wright, funk, jazz and soul musician and godson of R&B icon Roberta Flack, has died at 58...
COVID-19 News New Orleans Cancels Famed Jazz Funerals Due To COVID-19 PandemicDana GivensMay 5, 2020May 5, 2020 by Dana GivensMay 5, 2020May 5, 20203286 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of New Orleans has been forced to stop one of its most famous public traditions....
COVID-19 Lifestyle Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Great and Father to Wynton and Branford Dead at 85 Due to CoronavirusCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 2, 2020April 27, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 2, 2020April 27, 20201716 Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr. has died at the age of 85 after battling pneumonia brought on by the deadly coronavirus...
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Arts and Culture Lifestyle The Apollo to Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald Centennial BirthdaySelena HillOctober 14, 2016September 23, 2017 by Selena HillOctober 14, 2016September 23, 2017551 After leaving a lasting imprint in American music, there’s no place more appropriate to commemorate Ella Fitzgerald than The Apollo Theater....
Arts and Culture Lifestyle Ready or Not: Grammy Winner Lauryn Hill Headlines Tobago Jazz Music FestivalKandia JohnsonJanuary 27, 2016September 28, 2017 by Kandia JohnsonJanuary 27, 2016September 28, 2017273 The nine-day festival is the island’s biggest annual music event and has drawn musical enthusiasts from around the world along with chart-toppers such as John...