Chico Hamilton: Celebrating a Legend’s Legacy! 🎉
Today, we raise our instruments and voices in joyous celebration as we mark the 102nd birthday of the illustrious Chico Hamilton, a towering figure... Read More
African-American history
African-American Inventors and Influential Figures
Celebrate the ingenuity and contributions of African-American Inventors and Influential Figures with this themed crossword puzzle. Each clue highlights a remarkable individual and their contributions... Read More
Celebrating B.B. King: The Reigning King of Blues
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Riley B. King, better known as B.B. King, an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who fundamentally shaped the... Read More
Celebrating Jessye Norman: A Luminary in Opera
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Jessye Norman, an extraordinary American opera singer and recitalist whose commanding presence and exceptional vocal talent captivated audiences around... Read More
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” “Cannonball” Adderley: Happy Birthday
Today, we celebrate the birth of one of jazz music’s most iconic figures, Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley, born on September 15, 1928. As an American... Read More
Music: Jazz Fusion? | 7/1978
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Billy Cobham says Jazz fusion will become American folk music. Lenny White says Jazz fusion is really concert hall Jazz. Don Mizell says Jazz fusion... Read More
Music: Jazz in Transition: From Tradition to Fusion |1979-6-4
During the past decade, one periodically heard that jazz was agonizing. Indeed, after the Free Jazz explorations of the 1960s and the early 1970s, many... Read More
In Memoriam: James Earl Jones
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In Memoriam: James Earl Jones We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of the legendary actor James Earl Jones, whose powerful voice and commanding... Read More