Chicago Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis Passes Away at 87
R.I.P. Ramsey Lewis....
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Acclaimed Jazz Writer Seeks To Have Duke Ellington Posthumously Honored With Pulitzer Prize For Music
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....
Usher Signs On As Executive Producer For Upcoming New Orleans Jazz Age Series ‘Storyville’
Ushering in a new series! Be on the lookout for Usher and Starlings Television's new series Storyville....
Black Music Month: Disney Brings the Jazz from Disney/Pixar’s Soul’ to Downtown Disney for Black Music Month
Black Music Month! Disney brings the story of Disney's "Soul" to life through "The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure."...
Funk & Jazz Legend Bernard Wright Dead At 58
Bernard Wright, funk, jazz and soul musician and godson of R&B icon Roberta Flack, has died at 58...
New Orleans Cancels Famed Jazz Funerals Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of New Orleans has been forced to stop one of its most famous public traditions....
Ellis Marsalis Jr., Jazz Great and Father to Wynton and Branford Dead at 85 Due to Coronavirus
Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr. has died at the age of 85 after battling pneumonia brought on by the deadly coronavirus...
15 Black Artists Who Died Too Young
So much black talent has been lost at too-young of ages. It's easy to muse over what these superstars could have gone on to achieve...
The Apollo to Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Birthday
After leaving a lasting imprint in American music, there’s no place more appropriate to commemorate Ella Fitzgerald than The Apollo Theater....
Ready or Not: Grammy Winner Lauryn Hill Headlines Tobago Jazz Music Festival
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...